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I couldn’t sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

Darren Aronofsky

Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It’s incredibly underused.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

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

Ecstasy Goodtime
I spent about a year and a half doing technical post work on ‘The Fountain’. Although I do like the process, I think my favorite part of filmmaking is the actors.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Actors Thinking Years
God can be found anywhere, and in fact, everywhere. And you don
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Anywhere Don Found God
I’m Godless. I’ve had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Actors Movie Narrative
When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Taken Want World
I don’t make films that are easy to market, unfortunately. I think that ‘Pi’ was the easiest one, because we had that symbol to stick up everywhere, so that was a good gimmick, and created a good mystery, and we didn’t have to do huge scale.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Gimmicks Sticks 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 couldn’t sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Inspiring Movie Sleep
It’s not that much of a difference. Basically, your job is the same as a film director. It’s a triangle between creativity, money, and time. But they don’t really change. You’re ultimately trying to get the most creativity and time with the money that you have.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Creativity Differences Jobs
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 feel that so many sci-fi films and films in general have just become really dependent on and addicted to CGI, and that some of the big CGI films of the summer, you see these effects that look like crap.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Fall Real Summer
Angel Heart’ was one of my favorite films.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Angel Film Heart
My god is narrative filmmaking.
DARREN ARONOFSKY

Inspirational Motivational Narrative
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
I’ve been joking that if Madonna taught us anything, you’ve got to reinvent yourself. 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 couldn’t sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

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