I think often people fall into the breadth trap of wanting to do too long a period of time, and obviously there's this sort of algorithm of how much depth you can put into something times how much of their life you're trying to show. My attitude has always been, I'd rather show a briefer period of time in more detail than a longer period of time in less detail.
Steven SoderberghYou should never assume anything coming from a critical standpoint. You should go into everything assuming you're going to get crushed.
Steven SoderberghYouโre supposed to expand your mind to fit the art, youโre not supposed to chop the art down to fit your mind.
Steven SoderberghEgo is something that everybody, creative especially, has to grapple with. You need enough ego to keep going but not so much ego that you're deaf or blind, that you're making a mistake and can't fix the course.
Steven SoderberghThe best set was probably 'Bloody Sunday.' We had no money for extras and gambled on months of outreach to persuade the people of Derry to turn out and march for us on one single afternoon. And they did. In their tens of thousands. Seeing them march, their patience and their dignity and their commitment, I knew the movie would have a quality of truth.
Steven Soderbergh