Darren Aronofsky

As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#filmmakers #goes #mind #more #opposed

I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along - something always comes out of that dark period. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#always #big #come #comes #dark

Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me. Everything wasn't as hunky-dory like it was. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#both #cancer #everything #fighting #get

Animators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#every #frames #life #live #live life

At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#camera #comes #end #film #get

Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#casting #characters #ethnic #hard #hard thing

Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#comic #comic books #graphic #graphic novels #great

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

— Darren Aronofsky

#i #independent #night #office #realized

I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm hoping that I'm getting better as I get older. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#films #get #getting #getting better #hope

I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#get #i #make #only #really