114 Quotes by Bennett Miller

If you have a vision for something, things are navigable. If it gets fuzzy, then obstacles become much more formidable.

There is a paradox in politics that what it takes to get elected is not necessarily what it takes to govern, and my feeling is that trying to control things too much feels icky to me.

A lot of the time, excess on a film set is just damaging.

I'm attracted to stories of people who don't belong together, who embark on something and find themselves in places they don't belong.

I do have that compulsion to organize moments into a larger thing.

Sometimes the facts can get in the way of the telling of a good story. But they don't get in the way of the truth.

Filmmaking requires the participation and cooperation of many people. It's unrealistic to expect that you're not going to be challenged by unforeseeable forces from every direction.

I think Will Ferrell is probably completely evil, the darkest of them all. He is known among comics as the dark knight. An evil, evil man and a dangerous soul.

I like to rehearse. We did a lot of rehearsals for 'Moneyball,' but it is really individual to the actor. It's not like, 'Here is my process, everybody. Fit in.'