When you go and you tell a studio and that it's an ensemble, that doesn't mean a lot to them. But, my hats off to Paramount and Warner Brothers, because when we told them that these were the kinds of people that we want to get, across the board, they were unbelieveably enthusiastic about it.
David FincherFilmmaking isnโt if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is not what itโs about. Itโs not just about getting a performance. Itโs also about the psychology of the cinematic moment, and the psychology of the presentation of that, of that window.
David FincherYouโll find that the movie business is paid for by those mega movies. The movie business is paid for by Big Macs. By movies as product. Movie studios use that term โproductโ all the time. Product? You mean you have a lot of stories? No, we have a lot of product. You have stories.
David FincherI want people to flourish. I want them to walk away from the experience going, "That's what it should be like."
David FincherYou canโt take everything on. Thatโs why when people ask how does this film fit into my oeuvre. I say 'I donโt know. I donโt think in those termsโ. If I did, I might become incapacitated by fear . . . How do you eat a whale? One bite at a time. How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time.
David Fincher