72 Quotes by Brian De Palma

I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.

I do like directing other people's material.

do i have political views? you bet! i think the best way to express them is in your work, and then get the hell off the stage

I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.

I have swum against the stream all my life. It's not something I feel uncomfortable with. Is it difficult? Is it unpleasant? You bet.

Everybody doesn't have to have a daughter who's a goodie-two-shoes.

I love working with women. I think they're beautiful. I like to photograph them. I like the way they interact. When I was in high school I used to hang out with the girls. When I went to graduate school, I was in an all girls school. So it's something I'm very familiar with and quite fascinated by.

The camera lies all the time -- lies 24 times/second.

And that's what's so inspirational about something like DIONYSUS. It actually records the moment that it happened. Kind of like a document of the period.