Darren Aronofsky Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“There's always been a lot of pressure and tension on the line. If 'Pi' didn't work out, I have no idea what my career would be. I don't think I would have gotten another shot at it. If 'Requiem for a Dream' didn't work out, they would have called me a 'one-hit wonder with a sophomore slump'.”

“These wrestlers aren't organized. They have no union, no pension and no insurance. You meet wrestler after wrestler who sold out Madison Square Garden ten years ago, basically running on fumes today. There's a lot of drama there.”

“Classical scores go up and down; they're kind of hysterical in a way. And movie scores are much more - they just drive and move forward, and they build and can't go up and down at that same speed. It's a big job to turn that into something that pushes the movie along.”

“I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.”

“When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world.”

“I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.”

“As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.”

“Now there is so much expertise and brainpower it's hard to be at the cutting edge of what's cool and not do something that's totally geeky.”

“'Angel Heart' was one of my favorite films.”

“Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.”