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" All these directors who do different locations forget that one room can be shot from a million different angles and a million different ways. When I direct a movie, I'm going to use that. "
Michael Pitt
Going
Forget
Different
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" I don't really have hobbies. I paint. I write. I direct videos. I take photos. I'm a creative person. A normal day for me is doing all of those things. Sometimes I stay up until 5 A.M. writing a song because I make music. It's the same with writing. "
Michael Pitt
Creative
Day
Music
" It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up. "
Michael Pitt
Happy
Wake Up
Success
" When I make movies, I have a lot of respect for my audience. I think my audience is smart. If there's a way to be entertained and get things out - real things, not stupid moral crap - that's the best. "
Michael Pitt
Best
Respect
Smart
" I don't choose characters with the intention of working something out in my personal life. "
Michael Pitt
Personal
Choose
Out
" I think people can just make things now. It's kind of what happened with the music industry. Before, a band couldn't afford to go into a nice studio, or if they were going to go into a nice studio, they had to record twenty-five songs in two days. That's not a healthy workflow for anyone. "
Michael Pitt
Music
People
Nice
" When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that. "
Michael Pitt
Very
Directors
Give
" 'Dawson's Creek' was my introduction to the industry. It put some money in my pocket and it put me in the position I wanted to be in, where I could audition for projects that I wanted to be a part of. I didn't find it creatively fulfilling in any way, though. Working with artists excites me, but 'Dawson's Creek' didn't do that. "
Michael Pitt
Find
Way
Money
" I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well. "
Michael Pitt
Love
Well
Have Fun
" All directors are different. Certainly, the directors that I respond to the most are guys that figure it out by doing it, not by thinking or studying. Also, the kind of actor that I think I am - I learned about theater doing theater, not studying theater. I think that traditional school can be great, but also it can stifle original thought. "
Michael Pitt
Think
I Am
School
" Film is a collaborative art form. If you're not being collaborative, you probably shouldn't be working in film. You don't do it on your own. People who understand that, cultivate that, get the best results. "
Michael Pitt
Art
Best
Own
" To be honest, I make very controversial films. The films that I've made have been very, very bold choices. "
Michael Pitt
Bold
Controversial
Choices
" Personally, I'm very classic. If I'm going to wear a suit, it's going to be classic, black, and fit very well. There's nothing like it. "
Michael Pitt
Black
Nothing
Classic
" Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor. "
Michael Pitt
First
Well
Carpenter
" I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good. "
Michael Pitt
Want
Good
Movies
" Writers, directors often can get too precious with their words. "
Michael Pitt
Words
Too
Precious
" I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from. "
Michael Pitt
See
Want
Get
" I do feel like I'm spiritual, without getting too personal. "
Michael Pitt
Feel
Without
Spiritual
" There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it. "
Michael Pitt
Door
House
Fire
" 'Boardwalk' begins literally on the first day of Prohibition, which I think was a wonderful way to start - to have the story kind of come out of this massive historical phenomenon. And the more I researched the '20s, the more I discovered just how interesting it was. "
Michael Pitt
Interesting
Day
Start
" You always have nerves. And it's important to respect your nerves and your doubts. And then you have to ultimately overcome them. "
Michael Pitt
Important
Overcome
Respect
" I think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me. "
Michael Pitt
Risks
Think
Me
" A kid now can practically record a song or edit a short film on his way to school. I think that will produce, perhaps, more less-interesting things - or you'll have to search more to find the interesting things. But I also think it's exciting. "
Michael Pitt
School
Interesting
Short
" There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking. "
Michael Pitt
Back Up
Back
You
" There's something very, very powerful about having a life mate that you are attracted to but then can also have a beer with. "
Michael Pitt
You
Powerful
Life
" If I cared what people think about my career, I would have not done - just look at my work. Don't look at me; look at what I've done. "
Michael Pitt
Look
Career
Think
" I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment. "
Michael Pitt
Theatre
About
Feel
" Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted. "
Michael Pitt
Always
Fun
Hard Work
" Different films have different places in people's lives. I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from. "
Michael Pitt
Want
Watch
Learn
" Every movie that I've picked, from my first film on, has been considered by everyone to be 'career suicide.' And I have an amazing life. I have an amazing career. I work with artists. But I'm not making 'Spider-Man.' "
Michael Pitt
Work
Amazing
Suicide
" What I'm trying to do is to make films - 'I Origins' is one of them - with the new generation of filmmakers. I want to support that. "
Michael Pitt
New
Generation
Want