“I've tried to get better about weighing what I think the accessibility of an idea is against the cost of executing it. I've tried to be smarter about that, because if you're not smart about that, you're going to be unemployed. But I'm still mystified about what works for people. And I'm not talking about my movies, I'm talking in general. I'm mystified by the stuff that doesn't work. I'm mystified by what's going on in the critical side, too.” PeopleIfsThinkingStillsIdeasStuffSidesTalkingCostSmartCriticalGet BetterSmarterUnemployedNot TalkingBeing SmartAccessibilityWeighingExecuting Author:Steven Soderbergh
“Stuff I like is getting trashed and stuff that is being praised I think is terrible. I don't really feel in sync with what's happening, but at the same time, what I think keeps me afloat is that I try not to be, and don't want to be, very indulgent. I try to make the films as lean as possible, and to not spend a lot of time crawling up my own ass creatively.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingFilmStuffMy OwnTerribleHappeningsAssCrawlingSyncStuff I Like Author:Steven Soderbergh
“I stopped reading reviews about my own movies. I read stuff about other people's movies.” PeopleReadingStuffMy OwnReviews Author:Steven Soderbergh
“Surprisingly, I don't throw away that much. I don't move forward with a lot of things unless they're going somewhere. You also have to remember that when you're working with other artists, you have to be really careful about how you deal with that stuff.” RememberMovingArtistStuffDealsCarefulMoving ForwardWorking With Others Author:Steven Soderbergh
“A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff for people to hear and know that it represents you. So it does sometimes turn into a situation where you're saying to the person you're working with, "Well, what do you want?" But then there are other times when I work with people and they'll turn to me and say, "How do you want to do this?" And that's actually when I work best.” PeopleKnowsWantWellsPersonsDoeSometimesEnoughBigsTurnsStuffSituationMaterialsAlbums Author:Steven Soderbergh
“You can't change who you are, so I think that the only thing you can do is just never talk to people about stuff and then hope that maybe does something.” PeopleThinkingDoeStuffCan DoWho You AreCan't Change Author:Steven Soderbergh
“There are people who are originals and the stuff they make really is new. It isn't based on anything else. But I've decided I'm not that-I was never that. My abilities are to synthesize a wide range of references and ideas into something that feels relatively unified and coherent.” PeopleFeelsIdeasStuffAbilityDecidedOriginalsWideRangeUnified Author:Steven Soderbergh
