Sometimes in the studio movies I've been working in, you'll put a joke in a movie because the crowd loves it - not because I love it.
David Gordon GreenI always cast people with a sense of humor because people that are super serious don't understand when I ask them to eat a booger it's not necessarily about that. It's about something more. It's about inviting a little bit of absurdity into the process and humanity into the process. Making sure that no matter who we are and what sort of pedestal or glamorous lighting we're under, we're all eating boogers man.
David Gordon GreenEverybody's got their tools or their instruments, and it's fun to see how people expose themselves to their profession or their profession becomes who they are.
David Gordon GreenI've always had great independence on everything I've done. Nobody's ever told me not to do anything.
David Gordon GreenEvery new project I do is a new invention of myself and reinvigorates me as to why I love the industry.
David Gordon GreenSometimes you'll have great actors who aren't comfortable with improvising. Which can get pretty frustrating. But every actor's coming from a different place and they have their own strengths and weaknesses and your job is to sell them as two people in the same world. Some of them have to have their hands held and some I just let loose entirely.
David Gordon Green