Steven Soderbergh quotes

Steven Soderbergh is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his eclectic and innovative style. His works span across genres and include acclaimed films such as "Traffic," "Ocean’s Eleven," and "Erin Brockovich." He continues to influence independent and mainstream cinema with his creative vision. Here are 33 of his quotes:

There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't. (Steven Soderbergh)
Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering. View quote
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I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient. View quote
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Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy is so huge there. It will be a while before bigger movies go out in all formats; in five years, everything will. View quote
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I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that appealed to me about Nine Queens is that it was a performance piece, and that's the most fun. View quote
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The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes pretty well. View quote
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But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses. View quote
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I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very small films in the midst of all these films and maybe that will help. But you get tired of talking. You just want to do it. View quote
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I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script. View quote
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In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that digital provides. View quote
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Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film. (Steven Soderbergh)
To me the director's job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally. View quote
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I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films. View quote
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Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is happening in the drug world, from top to bottom, from policy to how things move on the street. View quote
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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. View quote
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Well, it's 15 years since Sex, Lies And Videotape, and if you hang around long enough you're having the same arguments with just a new set of people every few years and it gets boring. View quote
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I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be. View quote
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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. View quote
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Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it. View quote
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Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that. View quote
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The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do. (Steven Soderbergh)
When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong it's really easy. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead. View quote
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Steven Soderbergh

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Photo: Jan Beránek, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: American Director
Born: January 14, 1963
Quotes count: 33
Wikipedia: Steven Soderbergh

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