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Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh
American Director
Born: Jan 14, 1963
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Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering. Steven Soderbergh
You Lying Recovering Like Always
The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes pretty well. Steven Soderbergh
You Key Everything Pretty Well Around Goes Script Then
One of the reasons why I think virtual reality, as a narrative format, is never going to go beyond the short-form immersion space is because the bedrock of visual storytelling is the reverse angle. If you can't look into the eyes of the protagonist, you cannot hold people's attention for more than 15 minutes. Steven Soderbergh
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Cinema is not about format, and it's not about venue. Cinema is an approach. Cinema is a state of mind on the part of the filmmaker. I've seen commercials that have cinema in them, and I've seen Oscar-winning movies that don't. I'm fine with this. Steven Soderbergh
Cinema Mind Seen State Approach Fine About Part Venue Commercials Format Movies Them Filmmaker
I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people. Steven Soderbergh
Failure People Guy Comfortable Very Being Who
When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong it's really easy. Steven Soderbergh
Out Easy Wrong Go Really Hard Figure Why Right Things
A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to turn a profit. Steven Soderbergh
Profit Only Costs Cultural Movie Turn Event Million
Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film. Steven Soderbergh
Me Excites Like Another Versions Same Really Multiple Film Thing
I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be. Steven Soderbergh
Time Me Thought Big Not Knowing Enough Guess Way Would Would-Be Directions Point Obscurity Feel Knowing Content Very Confident Public Might Certain Teach Toil Certain Things Searching Things
Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it. Steven Soderbergh
Weird Supposed Making Irony Really Hard Fun Film Watch
Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that. Steven Soderbergh
Photography Else See Something Something Else Maybe Just Just Something Paint
The ought to be a worldwide cultural taskforce that just stops you when you have ideas like combining The Red Desert with an armored car heist movie. Steven Soderbergh
You Car Worldwide Ought Red Combining Like Ideas Armored Cultural Just Stops Movie Desert
Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is happening in the drug world, from top to bottom, from policy to how things move on the street. Steven Soderbergh
World Move On Top Detailed Muster About Bottom Policy How Traffic Move Happening Street Things Portrait
When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead. Steven Soderbergh
Me Independent Independent Film Memento Picked Over Like Nolan Dead Up Get Cannot Film Chris
I'm of the minority opinion that presidents should be given more power for less time. Steven Soderbergh
Time Minority Power Presidents Given More More Power Opinion Should Less Less Time
There's something really fun about watching people really good at something. Steven Soderbergh
Good People About Something Really Fun Watching
'Logan Lucky' is an experiment. The problem that I think needs to be addressed is, what has happened to movies for grown-ups made by people who are still interested in the idea of cinema? Steven Soderbergh
Needs People Problem Cinema Made Experiment Think Idea Still Happened Interested Movies Who Lucky Grown-Ups
A lot of people get very misty-eyed about celluloid. When I think of the time that's wasted in sending it back to the lab and having it developed and brought back, it would make me insane. I love getting my hands on the stuff immediately. That doesn't work for everybody. It just works for me. Steven Soderbergh
Work Love Time Me People Think Everybody Back Immediately Insane Would Brought About Having Developed Stuff Make Lot Lab Very Get Hands Hands-On Sending Getting Celluloid Just Works Wasted
When people say that moviegoing is dead, I go, 'OK, so the makers of 'Get Out' should've sold that movie to a platform? Then they don't have this insane, crazy success theatrically all over the world.' Steven Soderbergh
Success Crazy People World Sold Say OK Insane Out People Say Over Dead Makers Go Get Movie Then Platform
The reverberation of the freedom of making 'Schizopolis' absolutely resulted in 'Out of Sight' and everything that followed. Steven Soderbergh
Freedom Everything Sight Out Followed Resulted Absolutely Making
The key to making good movies is to pay attention to the transition between scenes. Steven Soderbergh
Good Key Pay Pay Attention Good Movies Scenes Attention Between Making Movies Transition
You don't go make 'Schizopolis' if you're trying to protect some idea of yourself as a filmmaker. Steven Soderbergh
You Yourself Some Idea Protect Make Go Trying Filmmaker
A success, to me, is the ability to keep working. That's success. It has nothing to do with money; it's the ability to keep getting things made, period. Steven Soderbergh
Success Me Money Made Nothing Ability Period Getting Working Keep Things
It would be nice if all people who saw movies had some sort of basic understanding of what they're looking at, but I don't think you can assume that. Steven Soderbergh
You People Be Nice Looking Understanding Nice Think Assume Saw All People Would Would-Be Some Had Sort Movies Who Basic Basic Understanding
As vocal as some people have been about how emotionally attached they've been to celluloid, I've been equally emotional in my stance that nothing is more valuable than this. Than being able to see the result of your work quickly. Steven Soderbergh
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