“I think my interest in risk is pretty high, a lot higher than I think a lot of other people who are just looking for something to kind of define themselves, give them a set of fingerprints, and certainly is better for the pocketbook. For me it's always about trying new things and wanting to explore something else and something new of myself and of actors I really like.” PeopleThinkingGivingTryingKindActorsInterestRiskHigherSomething NewNew ThingsFingerprintsTrying New ThingsPocketbooks Author:David Gordon Green
“I'm not a director that's about precision and control and perfection, I'm about creating an atmosphere that's organic and interesting and then letting people loose, and for that there's no greater actor or performer than children. Animals are maybe a close runner-up.” PeopleChildrenActorsAnimalInterestingGreaterDirectorsCreatingPerfectionAtmospherePerformersRunnersPrecisionRunner Up Author:David Gordon Green
“the things that people are typically afraid of are what I find most exciting and unpredictable, and I guess that's part of the problem is people don't want something unpredictable wasting their time while the cameras are rolling, where to me that's by far the most interesting part.” PeopleWantProblemInterestingExcitingCamerasRollingUnpredictableWant SomethingMost Interesting Author:David Gordon Green
“I always cast people with a sense of humor because people that are super serious don't understand when I ask them to eat a booger it's not necessarily about that. It's about something more. It's about inviting a little bit of absurdity into the process and humanity into the process. Making sure that no matter who we are and what sort of pedestal or glamorous lighting we're under, we're all eating boogers man.” PeopleMenLittlesMatterHumanityAsksBitsProcessSeriousEatingLittle BitCastsWho We AreSense Of HumorAbsurdityGlamorousLightingInvitingPedestalBoogers Author:David Gordon Green
“Everybody's got their tools or their instruments, and it's fun to see how people expose themselves to their profession or their profession becomes who they are.” PeopleFunToolsInstrumentsProfession Author:David Gordon Green
“The people that I associate myself with are people that are looking to make a good product because it's going to benefit them and it's going to help launch their careers.” PeopleHelpingCareersProductsBenefitsAssociates Author:David Gordon Green
“Sometimes you'll have great actors who aren't comfortable with improvising. Which can get pretty frustrating. But every actor's coming from a different place and they have their own strengths and weaknesses and your job is to sell them as two people in the same world. Some of them have to have their hands held and some I just let loose entirely.” PeopleWorldTwoDifferentSometimesHandsJobsActorsComfortableWeaknessSellsFrustratingDifferent PlaceGreat ActorsStrength And WeaknessImprovising Author:David Gordon Green
“It's been an obsession of various genres, disciplines, and aspects and elements of movie-making. It's always been something that I've really aspired to, so doing something new and different, reinventing myself and working with new people is just the passport to the amazing world that is the movies.” PeopleWorldDifferentDisciplineElementsAspectVariousObsessionGenreSomething NewPassportsReinventingMovie MakingAmazing World Author:David Gordon Green
“A lot of people inspire me. I'm a huge movie buff. From studying and watching movies, over and over again, directly influential are Terrence Malik and his naturalism, Robert Altman and his exploration of improvisation, and Judd Apatow, in terms of his comedic process.” PeopleProcessTermStudyInspireHugeExplorationInfluentialImprovisationNaturalismComedic Author:David Gordon Green
