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Darren Aronofsky

There was that whole Ecstasy culture. People were having a pretty good time in the ’90s.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Ecstasy Goodtime
I wasn’t a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Art Fans Thinking
I was 12 or 13 years old. So I started to write poetry and fiction, even though I was really into biology because my dad was a science teacher. I kept writing all those years.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Dad Kept Poetry Teacher Writing
CGI means, just to be clear, creating any type of image with a computer. Basically, starting off with nothing, or with images and manipulating them.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Creating Growing Mean
The ’90s were a party, I mean definitely maybe not for the grunge movement, but people were partying harder in the ’90s than they were in the ’80s. The ’90s was Ecstasy, the ’80s was yuppies.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Definitely Mean Party People
Now there is so much expertise and brainpower it’s hard to be at the cutting edge of what’s cool and not do something that’s totally geeky.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Cutting Expertise Geek
I’m Godless. And so I’ve had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking, which is — ultimately what my God becomes, which is what my mantra becomes, is the theme.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Filmmaking Narrative Theme
I think it’s important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you’ve got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Art Challenges Thinking
I think there’s something in collaboration – the fact that you can sit there and bounce ideas off of someone. It definitely matters who the person is, because certain people… T
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Brain People Thinking
I’ve spent a life loving women and studying them as much as I can, or am allowed to.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Loving Study Woman
These wrestlers aren’t organized. They have no union, no pension and no insurance. You meet wrestler after wrestler who sold out Madison Square Garden ten years ago, basically running on fumes today. There’s a lot of drama there.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Drama Garden Insurance Running
I’m not sure where the artistry in film making is. It’s usually that moment when you’re on set and you’re working with the actors.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Actor Artistry Moment Sure Working
To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don’t think is a good ride.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Amusement People Thinking
I think people are people and, if their feelings are truthful, they can connect. It doesn’t matter if you’re an aging, 50-something wrestler at the end of his career, or an ambitious, 20-something ballet dancer.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Careers People Thinking
I end up spending a tremendous amount of energy and time trying to get money to make these movies and it’s exhausting.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Amount End Exhausting Trying
I think people are people and if their feelings are real and truthful, they can connect.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

People Real Thinking

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