We're in an era where you learn about techniques, but you don't experience anything crucial in yourself about a piece of work from an artist that you…

- Rob Nilsson

I don't think film schools are mentoring kids. I think they just send them through the curriculum, so now you know how to hold a camera, how to use a…

- Rob Nilsson

I would not presume to say that I know anything about "The Truth," whatever that is.

- Rob Nilsson

Film schools are not rigorous enough. They let things get by and kids get out there and they think they are saying something and doing something.

- Rob Nilsson

I'm from the point of view there's something important to deliver to the world. You can be an entertainer; I suppose I shouldn't be down on the idea …

- Rob Nilsson

Much to my chagrin, I think that cinema has gone the wrong way in America because in many ways, I pioneered the use of video which eventually became …

- Rob Nilsson

The point is not to give people a break. The point is to tell all the truth you can bear about them and not despise them, not to be a kumbaya kind of…

- Rob Nilsson