“I get a terminal dissatisfaction on films. If I was bad in one scene, it's impossible to let go. And it can make or break my day. If I drank, I would probably drink a lot.” IfsFilmBreakImpossibleDrinkSceneLetting GoDrankDissatisfactionTerminalMake Or Break Author:Jared Leto
“Yeah, when you're making a film, the book is a good tool, but once you have the script and you're making a movie, you have to let go of the book.” BookFilmLetting GoToolsYeahScripts Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“Women can be pressured to be perfect in many ways. And in our efforts to be "responsible" in every way, you might lose time and energy. If you truly want to direct [a film], you may have to let go of pleasing everyone on a consistent basis.” IfsWayWantMayMightFilmEnergyLosesPerfectEffortLetting GoDirectBasesResponsibleConsistentBeing ResponsibleTime And EnergyPressuredPleasing Everyone Author:Jennifer Phang
“Working in film, if you work with great directors, you learn that after every take you must let go. Sitting with my wife at the Academy Awards, we both let the moment just go.” IfsMomentsFilmWifeDirectorsLetting GoSittingMy WifeAwardsAcademyAcademy Awards Author:Ben Kingsley
“In the case of my second film The Fish Child (El Niño Pez), I had written the novel about 5 years before I made into a film. In the case of The German Doctor I had published the novel a year before I started writing the script, I even had another project to shoot. But I had this idea of the powerful cinematic language from the novel that I couldn't let go of.” WritingYearsChildrenMadeIdeasFilmLanguagePowerfulCasesNovelWrittenLetting GoProjectsDoctorsScriptsFishesCinematicPez Author:Lucia Puenzo
“I think I'll try to keep working in film for a little bit. There's something still kind of magical about it, that I don't want to let go of.” ThinkingWantTryingKindLittlesStillsFilmBitsLetting GoLittle Bit Author:Joe Swanberg
“I think being really open to this new world of online and what it means to be online. Also, understanding that maybe it's time to let go of the 90-minute experience and realize that all of the content that comes on top of the 90-minute film experience, [that] there's a lot of that, especially with documentaries.” ThinkingWorldMeanFilmUnderstandingRealizingMinutesLetting GoOnlineNew WorldBeing RealDocumentariesTime To Let Go Author:Alex Stapleton
“I've always played down the drama in my films. In my main scenes, there's never an opportunity for an actor to let go of everything he's got inside. I always try to tone down the acting, because my stories demand it, to the point where I might change a script so that an actor has no opportunity to come out well.” TryingWellsStoriesMightFilmActorsOpportunityActingDramaSceneDemandLetting GoScriptsTone Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“The more experience I get, the more I know to relax and let go of things because there's so much that is out of your control. So much needs to happen to get a film made nowadays and star power doesn't even matter anymore. So, me being what I am, I have to realise that to an extent.” FilmLetting GoRelaxRealising Author:Fran Kranz
“It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life.” Has BeensWholeFilmMovingWaitingRocksLetting GoWhole Life Author:Aron Ralston
“What i’m saying is, my friends, one ought to be able to let go. If a path does not please us, instead of insisting on going that specific way, of making our selfishness the guide, we ought to forsake. The books we cannot write, the films we cannot shoot, the projects we cannot develop, the jobs we cannot pursue and the people who no longer love us. Being able to let go, at times, is the most beautiful of all!” PeopleIfsWayWritingDoeBookAbleJobsBeautifulFilmPathOughtPleaseLetting GoProjectsMy FriendsGuidesPursueSelfishnessForsakeInsisting Author:Elif Safak
“I think we defy entropy and impermanence with our films and our poems. We hold onto each other a little harder and say, 'I will not let go. I do not accept the ephemeral nature of this moment. I'm going to extend it...forever. Or at least I'm going to try.'” ThinkingTryingLittlesMomentsFilmAcceptingForeverLetting GoHarderImpermanenceEphemeralEntropy Author:Jason Silva