David Fincher

    David Fincher

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    • “My idea of professionalism is probably a lot of people’s idea of obsessive.”
      Directing#careerSource: curated filmmaking batch
    • “Hollywood is great. I also think it’s stupid and small-minded and shortsighted.”
      DirectingSource: curated filmmaking batch
    • “In film, we sculpt time, we sculpt behavior and we sculpt light.”
      Directing#lightingSource: curated filmmaking batch
    • “I don’t want to tell you how to do your job, but somebody has to.”
      Directing#careerSource: curated filmmaking batch
    • “People will say, ‘There are a million ways to shoot a scene’, but I don’t think so. I think there’re two, maybe. And the other one is wrong.”
      Directing#directingSource: curated filmmaking batch
    • “A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the filmmakers.”
      Directing#audienceSource: curated filmmaking batch
    • “If you think that you can hide what your interests are, what your prurient interests are, what your noble interests are, what your fascinations are, if you think you can hide that in your work as a film director, you're nuts.”
      Directing#directingSource: goodreads filmmaking
    • “Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is not what it’s about. It’s not just about getting a performance. It’s also about the psychology of the cinematic moment, and the psychology of the presentation of that, of that window.”
      Directing#camera#actingSource: goodreads filmmaking

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