Quotes by Darren Aronofsky

About Darren Aronofsky:

Darren Aronofsky is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He has received acclaim for his often surreal, disturbing films and has been noted for frequent collaborations with cinematographer Matthew Libatique, film editor Andrew Weisblum and composer Clint Mansell. His films have generated controversy and are known for their often violent, bleak subject matter.
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Darren Aronofsky

I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, music, but there really isn't hip-hop film. So I was trying to do that.

Darren Aronofsky

I grew up in a family with two very strong women, my mother and my older sister, and they were big influences on my life. I've spent a life loving women, and studying them as much as I can, or am allowed to.

Darren Aronofsky

I grew up in a family with two very strong women, my mother and my older sister, and they were big influences on my life.

Darren Aronofsky

Now there is so much expertise and brainpower it's hard to be at the cutting edge of what's cool and not do something that's totally geeky.

Darren Aronofsky

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

I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. Yo...

Darren Aronofsky

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

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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

I don't make films that are easy to market, unfortunately. I think that 'Pi' was the easiest one, because we had that symbol to stick up everywhere, so that was a good gimmick, and created a good mystery, and we didn't have to do huge scale.

Darren Aronofsky

To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't think is a good ride.

Darren Aronofsky

I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking.

Darren Aronofsky

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

Darren Aronofsky

I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following yo...

Darren Aronofsky

I've spent a life loving women and studying them as much as I can, or am allowed to.

Darren Aronofsky

I was a TV junkie as a kid. I am the Sesame Street generation.

Darren Aronofsky

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

Darren Aronofsky

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

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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

I think video games and that stuff should be as violent as possible, but age-appropriate. It should be realistic. When it's not realistic you run into kids running around shooting people and not realizing the consequences.

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Author Bio

  • NameDarren Aronofsky
  • DescriptionAmerican film director, screenwriter and film producer
  • BornFebruary 12, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Film Director; Screenwriter; Writer