58 Todd Haynes Quotes for You to Enjoy

Todd Haynes

American Director

Born: Jan 2, 1961

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I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters. Todd Haynes

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Every actor comes with their own experience, method, methodology. Todd Haynes

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It's very funny because every time I make a movie, and I've heard this re-echoed by other filmmakers and actors I have worked with, you kind of feel like you're naked again. You have to figure it all out from scratch, as if you had never done it before. Todd Haynes

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I love how 'melodrama' is a denigrated term - a lower-class citizen to other genres. And yet that's what life is, man. Todd Haynes

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The film division at Amazon is made up of true cineastes who love movies and really want to try and provide opportunity for independent film visions to find their footing in a vastly shifting market. They love cinema. Todd Haynes

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It took an entire generation of critical thinking for Douglas Sirk's films to be really appreciated. Todd Haynes

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You can be a smarty-pants director, but that won't matter if the movie doesn't work emotionally as well as intellectually. Todd Haynes

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Making a film is so scary, and there's such a kind of void that you're working from initially. I mean, you can have all the ideas and be as prepared as possible, but you're also still bringing people together and saying, 'Trust me,' even when you don't necessarily trust every element. Todd Haynes

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I think when I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist. Todd Haynes

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I think by around the time I was about 8 or 9, the idea of filmmaking probably took hold. I made little Super 8 extravaganzas when I was a kid, the first being my own version of 'Romeo and Juliet,' and where I played all the parts except for Juliet. Todd Haynes

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Pop music can get inside us and enter our memory bubbles. It provides those true Proustian moments, unlocking sensations, unlocking our imaginations. Music inspired me as a filmmaker. Todd Haynes

I liked to act in plays when I was a kid, and then in college. But that's the last time I really acted. I always loved it. But my interests were more in looking at the whole, rather than getting completely swallowed up in a single part of the whole. Todd Haynes

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