Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family. I've always been attracted to temporary families. They tend to be lost characters.
From Gus Van Sant
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.
Death Valley is really wide-open - it's bigger than Rhode Island - and it's less a part of California than an ungoverned territory, so there's lots of weird cops-and-robbers stuff going on.
I think that what I'm attracted to is people who are wild. But the self-destructive side comes out of the wild side. The wildness is very different from me. That's why I think I like it.
Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.
If a movie isn't released, it's one thing, but if you know it will be, it's nice to have closure and see it come out.
Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly.
There's always a risk if you don't do things the way you've done things before.
I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story.
The media has gone through lots of things that make it a less foreign thing to have your lead character be gay.
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