Todd Solondz Quotes & Sayings

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30 most famous Todd Solondz quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 65 year old American writer born on Sep 30, 1959.

Todd Solondz Quotes
“Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.”
Todd Solondz Quotes
“When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top.”
“When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.”
“The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that.”
“I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders. I suppose if I say I'm pro-choice, if I make that clear, it let's the audience off the hook, then they can sort of relax. Okay, it's alright he's pro-choice then I can enjoy this.”
“I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore - but the last thing I'm trying to do is put on some kind of freak show, inviting people to get off on other people's pain and humiliation.”
“Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.”
Todd Solondz Quotes
“But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in public more than I already am.”
Todd Solondz Quotes
“Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original.”
Todd Solondz Quotes
“But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.”

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