Allen Coulter Quotes

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there.

I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or move me in any way.

I'll put 'Stranger Things' up there with the best of it. I think it's such a profound show - it's very subtle in the way that it tells its story, but it's very effective. Every time I watch it, I feel something, which is very rare for me.

I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.

My eye is fixed not on the ending of the book but on the feeling of that ending.

In your eyes, I see what's on my mind.

A buddy of mine is doing a documentary on decisions, and they're not based on a ton of logic. It's mostly how you relate to them emotionally.

I love when people mirror themselves in my music, and I think that's the whole point of it - not telling people what it is or how they're supposed to feel... but you having a relationship with my song makes it real to me.

What I always do is go with the stories that put up the hair on the back of my neck or make me cry or make me laugh.

Some people spend their time and thoughts in feeling, hearing, seeing, and listening. Whatever cannot be felt or experienced they will not accept. We call these people 'emotional.'

I'm an emotional person. I chose films based on emotions.

Every single moment in 'Hereditary' is linked to a moment in the end for the payoff. I think it has the ability of captivating people the same way that 'Manchester By the Sea' did. It has that audience because it's so wrapped in human drama.

What resonates with me whenever I watch a great movie or TV show is the balance of inevitability and unpredictability. And it's a very delicate balance.

For me, the value of music is the value you extract from it.

I don't think it's right to define films as commercial or art house. What's important is that a film evokes a certain emotion when it's being watched.

If what is seen and experienced is portrayed in the language of logic, then it is science. If it is communicated through forms whose connections are not accessible to the conscious mind but are recognized intuitively, then it is art.

At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us.

If you come at the record feeling really happy and optimistic, it can be incredibly beautiful and uplifting, and if you come at it in a bleak moment, it can feel like a very dark place to share. It's all down to the listener.

Sense is never common.

I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. I just want (the audience) to have an experience that moves them.

You see what you think, you see what you feel, you are what you see If with the camera you can make others see it - that is photography.

The first time you see the film it takes you right back to those times and those moments. It's very difficult to be objective about the work because you really have to remove yourself and see it a couple of times before you can really involve yourself in the story.

Songs are as sad as the listener.

That doesn't matter. If it speaks to them and they get something positive from it, it's great.

Imagination comes from yourself and can deceive you, but vision is a gift from outside yourself - like light striking on your closed eyelids and lifting them to see what's really there.