Mike Mills Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“People ask 'How does doing a film compare to doing an ad?' Well, when you're doing a commercial you don't have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great; it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film.”

“The weird thing about grief, for me at least, was when each of my parents died, for a year or two afterwards I was pretty wildly brave - just willing to take life on.”

“To be honest, we have no control over what's going on with a movie, much less what people are going to think of it. Your whole life is wound up in it but you don't have control and you have to get used to being on that turbulent plane without trying to fly it. The less you think about all that the better.”

“L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff.”

“Film is endlessly just beyond your reach. I think that's what I love so much about it.”

“I definitely believe in the energy of the set and the energy of the actor, way more than your written word.”

“I guess I watch movies to make myself happier a lot.”

“I pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it.”

“I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.”

“My graffiti really comes more from a May '68, sort of Situationist vibe than the hip-hop world. I think a real graffiti artist would find me a poser.”