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David O. Russell's best films ...

David O. Russell's best films are thrilling high wire acts that run the moment to moment risk of tumbling to the ground. In his latest, 'Joy,' Russell has more trouble than usual keeping his balance on the wire.

David Russell 71 quotes

Unhappy endings can be as chea...

Unhappy endings can be as cheap as happy endings.

David Russell 71 quotes

The endings for all my charact...

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 Russell 71 quotes

It's my experience that ending...

It's my experience that endings are never easy, and I think I'm not alone among filmmakers or writers in this.

David Russell 71 quotes

I think audiences deserve the ...

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 Russell 71 quotes

Christianity has been responsi...

Christianity has been responsible for plenty of horror and death in the world, all supposedly in God's name.

David Russell 71 quotes

It's absurd that we're so quic...

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 Russell 71 quotes

The holy trifecta of directing...

The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

David Russell 71 quotes

The religion itself may have s...

The religion itself may have some great ideas, but I can't take it seriously if it's blatantly exclusionary.

David Russell 71 quotes

Quite frankly, the bible is fi...

Quite frankly, the bible is filled with advice that you'd never, want to follow. 'Don't cut your hair on a rainy Thursday because locusts will eat your farm' kind of thing.

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Gay marriage is a complete red...

Gay marriage is a complete red herring to distract everyone from the economy and the war and health care and education.

David Russell 71 quotes

It's a closing of the mind tha...

It's a closing of the mind that happens when you want to be lazy and go with the easiest answers, like the media do all the time in their sound bytes.

David Russell 71 quotes

A thousand years ago, scientis...

A thousand years ago, scientists who wondered about consciousness and the nature of reality were burned at the stake. We still haven't recovered from that and it's left us with a culture that no longer investigates consciousness, except on the fringes.

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The investigation of conscious...

The investigation of consciousness has come to be regarded suspiciously by most smart people and by most scientists. That's a legacy that began with the Inquisition, which considered non-Christian spiritual inquiry as blasphemous.

David Russell 71 quotes

I suppose what I like about Ze...

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 Russell 71 quotes

It's not easy to follow Jesus'...

It's not easy to follow Jesus' example, and if you go to church it doesn't mean you're automatically doing it.

David Russell 71 quotes

Some of Jimmy Stewart's perfor...

Some of Jimmy Stewart's performance in 'It's A Wonderful Life' is some of the most disturbing performance he ever did, when he falls apart and when he breaks down.

David Russell 71 quotes

I think what makes compelling ...

I think what makes compelling fiction or cinema is when you're basically taking the most intense moments of experience and you're creating a song or a narrative out of it.

David Russell 71 quotes

I got a nomination for directo...

I got a nomination for director, which means the world to me; it's just the most exciting thing for me and my family. You do the good hard work, and the rest of it is something you shouldn't get too caught up in, but when it happens - boy! I respect it.

David Russell 71 quotes

I got put on jury duty, which ...

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.

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