As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.

- Darren Aronofsky

I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

- Darren Aronofsky

I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking

- Darren Aronofsky

You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional actors, it'…

- Darren Aronofsky

Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story.

- Darren Aronofsky

I think religion is often very different from spirituality. Religion is often about rules and people trying to control our lives who are actually ver…

- Darren Aronofsky

I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.

- Darren Aronofsky

I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you…

- Darren Aronofsky

I think that there's an infinite amount of places where you can stick a camera. There's an infinite amount of choices of what could be going on. Ther…

- Darren Aronofsky