72 Quotes by Brian De Palma

Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he’s so brilliant.

The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don’t give the students an idea of what’s happening.

I’m always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue.

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.

I’ve been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.

I do like directing other people’s material.

When you make a movie outside the system and it’s successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit.

I’ve been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.