I have a friend whose theory is that you're from wherever you went to high school. I think that's mostly true. Steven Soderbergh More Quotes by Steven Soderbergh More Quotes From Steven Soderbergh I recently decided that I'm not an originator. I'm a synthesist. Steven Soderbergh decided The traditional models for success are just also disappearing. Steven Soderbergh traditional disappear models I find myself in situations a lot where I have to say to someone, "This can be better," and it's hard to say that. Steven Soderbergh hard situation I think the feeling that we're going to work together again usually starts to come up before the first project's even done. The Black Keys and I have already talked about starting on something new. Steven Soderbergh together-again keys thinking You can't change who you are, so I think that the only thing you can do is just never talk to people about stuff and then hope that maybe does something. Steven Soderbergh doe people thinking If I'm a director and I read a script and I say yeah I really want to do this, I would never walk away because the deal wasn't very good - that I wasn't getting paid very much or that the chances that I would see anything on the back end were remote because of the financial waterfall and the way it's structured. I would never use that as a reason not to do something. Steven Soderbergh use want directors I'm a big believer that if there's something you really want to do, don't walk away because of the deal. Steven Soderbergh deals bigs want I think there are only two times that I've ever ended up paying somebody their quote. Like what they actually were worth in the marketplace. Steven Soderbergh marketplace two thinking All human interaction, you can break it down to incentives. All relationships, at some level, are transactional. They're fascinated with incentives. Steven Soderbergh incentives levels break When we look at what's going on in the world and we see the immense level of conflict that seems to always be happening - you can always trace it back to competing narratives. Steven Soderbergh levels looks world I think about art a lot only in two contexts. One is narrative... The other thing that I'm interested in, which is tangential, but not unrelated... All art to me is about problem solving. Steven Soderbergh two art thinking My working life is me doing what I want to do. This is that. I've made movies that people don't go to see. Steven Soderbergh life-is want people I'm always a little unnerved when I see a show that's set in the past that implies in any way that things were nicer then. Steven Soderbergh littles way past I don't have any kind of ideology that precludes me from moving in one direction or another. I just want creative autonomy and I want at least an opportunity that it's going to be seen. Steven Soderbergh one-direction opportunity moving If you're going to make a movie for ten thousand you can talk everybody into doing it for free. You could make a really good-looking movie right for ten grand, if you have an idea. Steven Soderbergh looking-good thousand ideas Never done an explosion, but I have had explosive diarrhea, and that was very, very real. Good thing I have my trailer. Steven Soderbergh good-things done real 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. Steven Soderbergh sunday people commitment Once I had a potentially heart attack-inducing eight double espressos in one day. I think my assistant secretly swaps my coffees for decaf as she doesn't want me to die of caffeine overdose. Steven Soderbergh coffee heart thinking I've tried to get better about weighing what I think the accessibility of an idea is against the cost of executing it. I've tried to be smarter about that, because if you're not smart about that, you're going to be unemployed. But I'm still mystified about what works for people. And I'm not talking about my movies, I'm talking in general. I'm mystified by the stuff that doesn't work. I'm mystified by what's going on in the critical side, too. Steven Soderbergh smart talking thinking Usually I'm thinking about the palette. I'm thinking about the color for the most part, then I'll start thinking about composition and movement. Steven Soderbergh movement color thinking
