293 Quotes by Steven Soderbergh
"The best set was probably 'Bloody Sunday.' We had no money for extras and gambled on months of outreach to persuade the people of Derry to turn out and march for us on one single afternoon. And they did. In their tens of thousands. Seeing them march, their patience and their dignity and their commitment, I knew the movie would have a quality of truth."
"A Movie That Costs Only $1.6 Million Doesn't Have to Be a Cultural Event to Turn a Profit."
"Never done an explosion, but I have had explosive diarrhea, and that was very, very real. Good thing I have my trailer."
"When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead."
"A real explosion is not only much more fun to shoot, it also helps the actors and creates an energy on set and ultimately in the scene."
"I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted."
"Sometimes I might feel like [a movie] is kind of a weird idea and if I'm going to get enough money to execute it properly I've got to get somebody in it that is going to justify the expense."
"Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is happening in the drug world, from top to bottom, from policy to how things move on the street."
"It's pretty clear to me that working as a director for hire agrees with me. I like it. The films that have come out of that, I personally like better than the ones that didn't."