I feel that so many sci-fi films and films in general have just become really dependent on and addicted to CGI, and that some of the big CGI films of the summer, you see these effects that look like crap. You don't know if you're watching a cartoon or something that's real. And I didn't want to fall into that trap. I really thought there was a way to use a lot of these old techniques to do some new and really neat stuff.
Darren AronofskyCasting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.
Darren AronofskyArtist and illustrator R. Crumb did a whole illustration of Genesis. And he didn't go away from the text; he was totally truthful. Reading through that, I was like, "Oh, wow, it's a comic-book version of the Bible." There's a lot of heavy-duty stuff that goes on that doesn't make it into Sunday school.
Darren AronofskyI only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore.
Darren AronofskyAnimators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second.
Darren AronofskyI'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. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with.
Darren Aronofsky