“Being a good Hans Haacke student, part of his influence on me is that there's no difference between a gallery show and a film - or even an ad and a T-shirt-in terms of cultural legitimacy. They're just different contexts in which to have some sort of communication.” DifferentShowsFilmTermDifferencesInfluenceStudentsCommunicationShirtsAdsT ShirtGalleryLegitimacy Author:Mike Mills
“It's funny now how much we look at - whatever you want to call it: art, design, culture stuff, film - online, and how in the online world, you're instantly global.” WorldWantLooksArtFilmCultureStuffDesignOnlineArt Design Author:Mike Mills
“People ask 'How does doing a film compare to doing an ad?' Well, when you're doing a commercial you don't have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great; it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film.” PeopleGivingWellsDoeFilmAsksAudienceSellsCompareAdsTicketsCapturedAdvertisements Author:Mike Mills
“Film is endlessly just beyond your reach. I think that's what I love so much about it.” ThinkingFilm Author:Mike Mills
“Humans are vulnerable, messy little animals and that's normal. And all I want to do is make a space for that in my films.” WantHumansLittlesFilmSpaceAnimalNormalVulnerableMessy Author:Mike Mills
“I pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it.” BelieveFilmWatchesAudience Author:Mike Mills
“I'm not a craftsman of graphics or art or film. I'm more of an idea generator and manufacturer.” ArtIdeasFilmCraftsmanGenerator Author:Mike Mills
