162 Quotes by Gus Van Sant

When I was 14, I felt very rundown; I had a home to go to, but I felt like I was 60 or something, older than I feel now. And I don’t know if it’s something that happens at 14, or whether it was adolescence or whether I was gay, or closeted gay, or whatever it was, I felt that.

In rare cases, I’ve had music before I shot the movie. I think that for ‘Good Will Hunting’ I had an Elliot Smith record or a couple of them and I just somehow felt like the sound had something to it that reminded me of the story. So in that case there was music beforehand.

For all the boredom the straight life brings, it’s not too bad.

I don’t think American independent films have ever really been particularly experimental, except for the original guys from the ’60s who were huge influences, like Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, and Stan van der Beek. They were the true independents.

I mean, I think I’m pretty sentimental.

A person’s sexuality is so much more than one word “gay.” No one refers to anyone as just “hetero” because that doesn’t say anything. Sexual identity is broader than a label.

When you’re on a film and you’re doubting something, it’s usually because you don’t think the audience is going to like it.

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you’re making your own records and selling them online.

There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they’re going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.