Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palmais an American film director and screenwriter. He is considered part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth11 September 1940
CountryUnited States of America
Brian De Palma quotes about
people materials
I do like directing other people's material.
mistake people acting
The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting
moving musical kind
I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue
halloween happy-halloween scary
I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.
character long acting
I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures
corporations information source
And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations
ideas scary tourists
Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.
school quaker my-time
However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.
country independent talking
I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.
thinking views political
do i have political views? you bet! i think the best way to express them is in your work, and then get the hell off the stage
interesting france brilliant
Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant
thinking numbers world
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore
mean talking mind
I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way
real teaching school
The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.