Karyn Kusama Quotes

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

Cinema which is well-made, for any kind of audience, is worthy of being watched by just about anybody who would like to watch a good story being told.

When people watch good films they want other films to be of that calibre as well particularly when you cater to the same core audience.

One of the things I love about cinema is the range.

When I go to a movie and can't figure it out, I'm just thrilled.

I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never obscured by the part of me that does the work myself. I just love going to the movies.

It's a pity that I can never really enjoy my movies because, after the mixing, your capacity as a spectator just disappears. I have to think about what I felt just before the mixing.

I'll watch anything as long as it's good. I can't choose just one movie that I love.

A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own.

If you can't believe a little in what you see on the screen, it's not worth wasting your time on cinema.

Used properly, cinema is the coolest thing in the world.

Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.

I think it's more interesting to throw people into a story and let them catch up instead of explaining and feeling like you have to slow down for them. I think audiences, for the most part, they don't want to be ahead of you.

People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is.

I believe if you come out of a movie and the first thing you say is, 'The cinematography was beautiful,' it's a bad movie.

Everything I do, I do it with the hope that people will watch it more than twice. Whether it's 'Pan's Labyrinth' or 'Pacific Rim' or the opening of 'The Simpsons,' I do it with that hope.

If action scenes just happen decontextualized, they lose their weight and the viewer can feel they don't make sense and that they wouldn't have happened that way.

People see my films, and they cheer and they clap, and they are the kind of movies I like to see myself.

There's a real art to telling a story in two hours, and that will always be something that people are very, very interested in.

One fear setting on filmmakers is that the audience no longer has any patience. They want things to constantly move.

At the end of the day, you are doing the film for the audience.

I appreciate artistically made movies, but as an audience member, I want to be entertained, too.

Some people would find just the rhythm of my films alone to be a nightmare; they'd probably just fall asleep because they want something quicker. Other people fall into it and it works for them like a dream.

I think great movies do promote conversation, great movies are honest, and great movies are sometimes polarizing.

If you create a movie that is only character driven, with a weak plot, then you - as a director, you have to make sure you keep pushing the tempo.