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Todd Solondz

People call you "director," b...

People call you "director," but it really should be "economic manager." Because everything is "Well, we can do another take here, but then you're gonna lose that shot over there." Or "The sun's going down, sorry, you're outta luck. We can't afford to." You know? And meanwhile, how do you get the performer's performance? I'm thinking the whole time all about "How can I get my day done?" And my performances are primarily a result of casting the right people at the right time in the right parts. And then I do little modifications.

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Todd Solondz

I've always said that I mysel...

I've always said that I myself am not the best audience for my own work, because I'm just not that receptive to comedy.

Todd Solondz 54 quotes
Todd Solondz

Some people will of course ac...

Some people will of course accuse me of misanthropy and cynicism. I can't celebrate humanity but I'm not out to indict it either. I just want to expose certain truths.

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Todd Solondz

I can't please everybody and ...

I can't please everybody and I don't try to. If I can please myself that's enough. For the rest, I just hope for the best.

Todd Solondz 54 quotes
Todd Solondz

Compromise is part and parcel...

Compromise is part and parcel of making a movie. It's a question of the kinds of compromises that you have to make.

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Todd Solondz

There can be a blurry line be...

There can be a blurry line between laughing at the expense of a character and laughing at the recognition of something painful and true. But blurry as it may be, it is nevertheless unmistakable, and sometimes the laughter I hear makes me wince.

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Todd Solondz

If I grew up in a different b...

If I grew up in a different background, I could see myself getting a gun and shooting an abortionist. That's my job, to imagine what could happen, what can make people go in different directions.

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Todd Solondz

Casting is great fun, except ...

Casting is great fun, except for the business of it. I love the casting process. I love the editing process. I love working with the music. And even prep is very exciting. But once you get there and the clock is ticking, all it is is stress.

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Todd Solondz

I think there are many advant...

I think there are many advantages to not knowing any of my prior work. The narrative threads, I think, are totally accessible to anyone who may never have heard of me. There's a beginning, a middle, and an end - I don't think there's going to be any confusion there.

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Todd Solondz

Artwork can be a portal, a ki...

Artwork can be a portal, a kind of rethinking and reseeing of the world as we live it.

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Todd Solondz

I think, in fact, there's a p...

I think, in fact, there's a plus and a minus to knowing my prior work, Happiness and so forth. The plus is of course you can see how I play with the characters, the storylines, and the way things play off each other. And the minus is that it makes you a little bit more self-conscious, that you're not able to enter the movie as it exists and lives and breathes, because you're so busy making references, connections that you're not able to release yourself from and take the film on your own terms.

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Todd Solondz

I think success is a lot more...

I think success is a lot more healthy than failure.

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Todd Solondz

I don't make movies with the ...

I don't make movies with the idea that people are going to walk out of them feeling comfortable or better about themselves or more secure in their own biases or opinions.

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Todd Solondz

What makes me put pen to pape...

What makes me put pen to paper? You know, that's the million-dollar question. I've been writing since I've been reading. It's not a question I think that's even meant to be answered, but it's something you always seek to discover the answer to. And the process of filmmaking is one of discovery, and self-discovery at that. Pleasure... it's not exactly what I would call fun, but it's absorbing.

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Todd Solondz

When I go to the movies, I do...

When I go to the movies, I do like to see things that surprise me, a little bit, in ways that seem truthful to the world that we live in.

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Todd Solondz

You always have to be ahead o...

You always have to be ahead of the audience so that they have to always catch up and know the movie's not quite going exactly where you think it's going, or expecting it to be going.

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Todd Solondz

Some people see me as dissect...

Some people see me as dissecting my characters in some kind of heartless, coldblooded, analytical way, when in truth making these movies is a passionate, intensely emotional experience for me. I'm detached from the characters only to the degree that I have to be in order to write honestly about them.

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Todd Solondz

I love working with actors. I...

I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like a better writer and director than you really are.

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Todd Solondz

You try to make them comforta...

You try to make them comfortable so they can do what they're best at, and make them shine. You always want to make an actor shine. I'm of the mind that there's no one - you, your mother, anyone, that if in the right place at the right time in the right context, couldn't shine in a movie. And so if it means, "Oh, I have to make them uncomfortable," then whatever it takes to get what I need up onscreen. It's all in the service of the story.

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Todd Solondz

Every time you try to make an...

Every time you try to make another movie, you never know what will come of it. I can't say it ever gets easier, but it is in it's own way gratifying. I think that because no one movie that you make ever quite satisfies you, you're always feeling, "Next time I can get it right."

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