Gus Van Sant Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Everything's changing so fast that it's sometimes hard to keep up.”

“Free time keeps me going.”

“I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything.”

“If a movie isn't released, it's one thing, but if you know it will be, it's nice to have closure and see it come out.”

“There's always a risk if you don't do things the way you've done things before.”

“I've always been interested in how to present something that relates to our reality - which is not really... I don't even know if documentary itself does as good a job. It has its own problems in trying to get at the reality of the situation.”

“With 'Good Will Hunting,' Miramax made certain the recruited audience wasn't expecting to laugh at Robin Williams like they normally do. From my limited experience, you can really blow test screenings by conducting them in the wrong way.”

“I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story.”

“If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all.”

“Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.”