That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating. David O. Russell More Quotes by David O. Russell More Quotes From David O. Russell I suppose what I like about Zen is that the teachers are constantly questioning your insight and challenging it, looking for sloppiness or laziness in it, and ways you can go past that. David O. Russell challenges teacher past It's not easy to follow Jesus' example, and if you go to church it doesn't mean you're automatically doing it. David O. Russell church mean jesus I think if religion closes discussion or exchange of ideas or curiosity about other views, it's not true to its core. David O. Russell views ideas thinking Unhappy endings can be as cheap as happy endings. David O. Russell unhappy-endings happy-endings unhappy The religion itself may have some great ideas, but I can't take it seriously if it's blatantly exclusionary. David O. Russell great-idea may ideas It's absurd that we're so quick to criticize Muslims for being fundamentalist when Christians can be just as extreme and fanatical and frightening. David O. Russell absurd criticize christian Christianity has been responsible for plenty of horror and death in the world, all supposedly in God's name. David O. Russell horror names world I think audiences deserve the benefit of the doubt. I prefer to be surprised by them rather then just assume they'll react negatively to any new idea. David O. Russell doubt ideas thinking It's my experience that endings are never easy, and I think I'm not alone among filmmakers or writers in this. David O. Russell filmmaker easy thinking The endings for all my characters seem sufficiently human and messy for me to feel comfortable with them. In some ways they have only moved an inch, but sometimes an inch is a great distance. David O. Russell distance character way When most people turn on their TVs, they don't expect a frank discussion of philosophical ideas in their practical context. Or any context. David O. Russell philosophical people ideas Bush was in a shithole on September 10th. 9/11 was the best thing that ever happened to him. David O. Russell best-things september happened The Republicans just want to bankrupt the government. They think that the government should do nothing, except maybe support the military. So terrorism is perfect for them. David O. Russell government military thinking If something - if you have a good rapport then you're friends and you're offered projects together or you discover stories together. Jennifer and I discovered this story together, and it was evident to us we would only do it with each other. David O. Russell projects stories together You know, you have Scorsese who worked with De Niro and - or DiCaprio. You have William Wyler who worked with Bette Davis. You have George Cukor who worked with Katharine Hepburn. I just - people get to be friends and then there's a - that's a - you can take risks together and each time out you take a different risk. David O. Russell risk together people I hadn't made that movie before and when I ever met the real Joy Mangano, which happened because De Niro insisted we meet her and her father, that's what she felt like to us. She impressed us with her quiet, serene authority with herself. David O. Russell real joy father I think Jennifer Lawrence is that inside of herself. As long as I've known her she's been both 10 years old and 50 years old. And we've watched her grow up since she walked on "Silver Linings Playbook" as a 20-year-old and had not been - "Hunger Games" had not come out. And I've watched her have to take on and deal with a great deal of attention and resources and people. David O. Russell growing-up years thinking And that is also what the movie's about, going beyond success, what is success 'cause I think success is misperceived as just a cake and it isn't. There is many things inside that success. There's a maturity and a heartbreak and sadness and broken glass. David O. Russell maturity sadness thinking And if you can come through that and still have some connection to your joy you felt when you were a child that's a very mature kind of a joy that I find inspiring. And Jennifer Lowrence has all that in her, and I've watched her have to go through it even in the last few years. David O. Russell joy children years To be honest, I think that Republicans love terrorism. David O. Russell republican honest thinking
