The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what ….

I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you….

Anything you could ever want or be you already have and are..

You should always make it like it's your last film. That's my personal belief. Every filmmaker is going to have another belief... That's the only way….

I make every movie and every scene like it could be my last. That's the only way I know how to make cinema that stands on its feet. I have to treat i….

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what yo….

I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter….

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write..

The idea that anyone would think their religious ideas make them morally superior is just preposterous..

It's easier to control people when they're afraid..

That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's….

The romance is essential. I love the love. I don't love just people struggling. I love what people are struggling for. That moves me. I love watching….

If you just work on your craft hard, that's your only hope of doing anything worthwhile..

Gay marriage is a complete red herring to distract everyone from the economy and the war and health care and education..

Life just happens the way it's supposed to happen. It delivers you to where it delivers you..

David O. Russell's best films are thrilling high wire acts that run the moment to moment risk of tumbling to the ground. In his latest, "Joy," Russel….

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got..

I was frustrated because I couldn't get going, as I was trying to figure out how to make films. I had various jobs, I taught a SAT class, I was a bar….

The gift of life is the gift to suffer sometimes and to embrace it, heartbreak and all..

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being h….

The cinema that I make is a cinema about people, emotion, humanity and passion. It's not just about what they struggle through, but what they live fo….