I've begun to believe more and more that movies are all about transitions, that the key to making good movies is to pay attention to the transition between scenes. And not just how you get from one scene to the next, but where you leave a scene and where you come into a new scene. Those are some of the most important decisions that you make. It can be the difference between a movie that works and a movie that doesn't.
You can't get good at anything unless you do it day in and day out, over and over. - Steven Soderbergh
You can't get good at anything unless you do it day in and day out, over and over.
- Steven Soderbergh
We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn. - Steven Soderbergh
We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn.
"A meteor hits planet Earth" - that's a story idea but that doesn't give me any indication of what the character is. - Steven Soderbergh
"A meteor hits planet Earth" - that's a story idea but that doesn't give me any indication of what the character is.
I can make a movie about Lee Harvey Oswald and make you feel what he feels and make you understand why he believes what he believes. That doesn't mea… - Steven Soderbergh
I can make a movie about Lee Harvey Oswald and make you feel what he feels and make you understand why he believes what he believes. That doesn't mea…
I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story. - Steven Soderbergh
I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.
If you're going to make a movie for ten thousand you can talk everybody into doing it for free. You could make a really good-looking movie right for … - Steven Soderbergh
If you're going to make a movie for ten thousand you can talk everybody into doing it for free. You could make a really good-looking movie right for …
You’re supposed to expand your mind to fit the art, you’re not supposed to chop the art down to fit your mind. - Steven Soderbergh
You’re supposed to expand your mind to fit the art, you’re not supposed to chop the art down to fit your mind.
To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally. - Steven Soderbergh
To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally.
In the land of ideas, you are always renting. - Steven Soderbergh
In the land of ideas, you are always renting.
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