Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.
Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original. - Todd Solondz
Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original.
- Todd Solondz
The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. - Todd Solondz
The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence.
Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering up a shot. I take pr… - Todd Solondz
Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering up a shot. I take pr…
That is definitely a misunderstanding between me and a part of my audience. To be honest, I am often unsettled by the responses some people have had … - Todd Solondz
That is definitely a misunderstanding between me and a part of my audience. To be honest, I am often unsettled by the responses some people have had …
Some people will of course accuse me of misanthropy and cynicism. I can't celebrate humanity but I'm not out to indict it either. I just want to expo… - Todd Solondz
Some people will of course accuse me of misanthropy and cynicism. I can't celebrate humanity but I'm not out to indict it either. I just want to expo…
When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people ar… - Todd Solondz
When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people ar…
So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories without making them both sad and funny. - Todd Solondz
So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories without making them both sad and funny.
I don't have a formula. Every time an actor wants me to hold their hand, I hold their hand. If they say, "Stay," I say "Okay, respect." You know? "I'… - Todd Solondz
I don't have a formula. Every time an actor wants me to hold their hand, I hold their hand. If they say, "Stay," I say "Okay, respect." You know? "I'…
In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fu… - Todd Solondz
In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fu…
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