top of page
.png){kind=small}
"I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had but I know that I don't. I feel like I have to work really hard to keep myself afloat, doing what I do. But I find it pleasurable."
Work,
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Work quotes
"If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union."
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, 'We did this ourselves.'"
"The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift."
"The people who have recently come to this country to work and better their lives should be given the same opportunities that our parents, grandparents, and ancestors were given."
Explore more quotes by Steven Soderbergh
"The ought to be a worldwide cultural taskforce that just stops you when you have ideas like combining The Red Desert with an armored car heist movie."
"When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead."
"I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong."
"When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read it, or you can't."
"I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses."
"The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes pretty well."
"I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one hand you have to make sure the performances are there, but on the other hand it's a film that demands, to my mind, a very layered and complex visual scheme. That takes a lot of time to figure out."
"Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it."
"I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people."
bottom of page