Gus Van Sant Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school. So I was always moving, I'm still always moving.”

“The things that inform student culture are created and controlled by the unseen culture, the sociological aspects of our climbing culture, our 'me' generation, our yuppie culture, our SUVs, or, you know, shopping culture, our war culture.”

“When you get to be 23, 24 or 25, you start to freeze up and become an adult.”

“Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking.”

“I had wanted to do a comedy.”

“I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.”

“I've always been attracted to temporary families.”

“My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me.”

“My department is to get actors to do stuff.”

“The dark comedies tend to be in a non-releasable area. There can be romantic comedies. There can be dramas. But there's no 'dark comedy' inbox for the advertising.”