There's a difference between telling a story and not providing an explanation because you just don't do it well or pull it off. Brad Anderson More Quotes by Brad Anderson More Quotes From Brad Anderson If you're making a film, you've got to have one eye to the audience and one eye to what excites you about it, and sometimes it's not the same thing. Brad Anderson youaudienceeyesometimes I don't know, maybe I just like to mix it up and have a more of an eclectic need to just try out new things and road test ideas and try out a genre that I haven't done before. Brad Anderson roadnewnew-thingsideas I don't see myself doing any comedies. I like comedies as much as anyone else; I just don't really have a desire to do them. Brad Anderson doingseemyselfdesire My favorite filmmakers are in the Kubrick, Polanski kind of mold. I just like that world. I think it's more cinematic and gets under your skin more. Brad Anderson skinyourthinkworld I did a lot of traveling after college on trains through India, China, and Russia. I somehow managed to make it back in one piece, and I actually pulled a lot of the anecdotal experiences into the making of 'Transsiberian.' Brad Anderson backchinaindiacollege I like characters who aren't typically heroic and come to some sort of epiphany about themselves. Brad Anderson aboutsomewholike I don't think of the 'indie film world' as this cohesive kind of world anyhow. It's so disparate: all these different filmmakers seeking financing from many different sources to make different kinds of movies. It's hard to pinpoint a trend, really. Brad Anderson moviesthinkhardworld When I went to Sundance back in 1998, indie film was all the rage, and Miramax was throwing down five or six million dollars for several films each year. Those were the salad days of indie film, and those days are over. I'm not out there worrying too much about it. Brad Anderson downyearbacktoo-much No one faith is necessarily superior to another. All explanations are valid and in some respects when it comes to the big mysteries of life. Brad Anderson somebigfaithlife As a filmmaker, you just make the movie you want to make, and you sort of put your faith in the distributor to make sure the right people see it. Brad Anderson youryoufaithpeople 'Session 9' used light and darkness to create atmosphere. Brad Anderson createusedlightdarkness I just like stories in which characters are struggling with something, whether it's an external force like in 'Vanishing,' or in 'Session 9,' where it's more of a monster within the mind. Brad Anderson somethinglikeforcemind I find psychological thrillers interesting both dramatically and visually. Brad Anderson bothfindpsychologicalinteresting As a species, we've always been interested in what happens when we're no longer around, all the way back to 'Revelations' in 'The New Testament.' Brad Anderson newbackalwaysway There's something bizarrely funny about a guy who doesn't realise he's, in essence, a dog chasing his own tail. Brad Anderson somethingowndogfunny
