102 Quotes by Mike Mills

I was so happy with my bow ties from the last kickstarted project that I'm back for more.

As a son of a man who pretended to be one thing for 33 years of my life and then was another thing, the questions of 'what is real' and 'what is not real' are very blurrily vivid to me.

Actors are pretending for you, but they're not lying. They are not putting on a guise instead of themselves. They are finding things inside that they have experienced.

This hotel has been a part of the social fabric of Port Huron for 108 years, ... I think it just adds to it.

The oldest sibling always knows things that the younger ones don’t.

Grief and memory go together. After someone dies, that’s what you’re left with. And the memories are so slippery yet so rich.

To me it’s like, every time I’m a director, like today, you’re the captain of the ship, so you better dress like it. You’re the host of the party.

Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there’s so much shame around it. If you have it you’re a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive.

I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They’re a piece of history, someone’s statement and ideas of life.