The thing is, that great actors are everywhere. They're everywhere. They're doing good parts on television. They're doing television commercials. They're doing local theater. There are so few opportunities.
David FincherFor me, the scariest thing about a serial killer is that there's somebody who lives next door to you, running power tools late into the night, and you don't know he has a refrigerator full of penises.
David FincherWe live in a silly time, and people go to the movies to see something that they haven't seen before, and you have to promise to show them that. In a horrible way, you have to promise them a special effect.
David FincherI have great appreciation for people who do anything well. I think that it's very difficult to do what you do well.
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 Fincher