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I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

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I think that what I'm attracted to is people who are wild. But the self-destructive side comes out of the wild side. The wildness is very different from me. That's why I think I like it. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#comes #different #i #i think #like

I'd come into filmmaking as a painter so, for me, making 'Good Will Hunting' was experimental because I didn't know how to do it. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#come #experimental #filmmaking #good #how

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#done #drawn #haven #i #normally

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. ↗

— George Santayana

#creative #mankind #periods #prolific #seldom

I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#environment #i #react #story #then

If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#become #cancer #circle #connections #diagnosed

If you put up posters around town for high-school kids, high-school kids will come. If you're casting politicians, you can't put up posters and have politicians come down. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#casting #come #down #high-school #kids

In rare cases, I've had music before I shot the movie. I think that for 'Good Will Hunting' I had an Elliot Smith record or a couple of them and I just somehow felt like the sound had something to it that reminded me of the story. So in that case there was music beforehand. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#beforehand #case #cases #couple #felt

The artist himself is actually the subject in everything after, say, 1900. Eventually, art becomes so removed from the community that you have to know about the artist before you can even look at the painting, because there is a conceptual idea going on. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#actually #after #art #artist #because