You’re constantly changing man. But the film’s not changing. The film stays the same. That’s the beautiful aspect of it.
STANLEY KUBRICKA satirist is someone who has a very skeptical view of human nature, but who still has the optimism to make some sort of a joke out of it. However brutal that joke might be.
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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Take a stress pill and think things over– HAL in 2001
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The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
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You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else: the perfect mediocrity–no better, no worse. Individuality is a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle to make our friends feel comfortable.
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Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
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Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.
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The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
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You either connect or you don’t connect. It’s not the end of the world. It’s a movie.
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The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
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I, uh, don’t think it’s quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.
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One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.
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Shooting a movie is the worst milieu for creative work ever devised by man.
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You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it’s really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.
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I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than ten to twenty million dead depending upon the breaks.
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How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: ‘The lady is smiling because she is hiding a secret from her lover.’ This would shackle the viewer to reality, and I don’t want this to happen to 2001.
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I’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.
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