David Schwimmer Quotes

'Natural Born Killers' is really a misunderstood romantic comedy.

The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty.

Bret Easton Ellis is a social satirist; I consider myself aligned with how he does things. Bret doesn't write about that which he loves about the world, he writes about what disgusts him. You'd be a disturbed individual if you came out and said, 'I love these characters'.

Todd Solondz is one of my favorite directors.

You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person.

You have some great films every year, but for the most part, no one is making films with heavy messages or themes. People are afraid of doing that.

I love how 'Misfits' is a drama-comedy.

I think what's so brilliant about 'Black Mirror' is that it is a mirror into our own messed-up psyches.

I like a movie that brings out many discussions. From my experience, every time I have done movies, they create this kind of situation. Like 'Irreversible,' 'The Passion of the Christ,' 'Malena'; it's so interesting. I like to explore the dark side of humanity. That's why I'm an actor.

I need my comedy to offend. That's my personal views.

'Political Animals' was before its time: a little darker, a little edgier. The audience wasn't ready for it.

I really appreciate Barry Jenkins as a filmmaker and the fact that he's always wanting to push the envelope and challenge perspective and make people uncomfortable in a way that doesn't seem like it's allowed anymore.

Sometimes the very best way to deal with unpleasant things is to depict them in ways that allow people to laugh at them and destroy the power of unsayable things, rather than refusing to acknowledge them.

Todd Solondz is a film maker I've always loved because of how he balances darkness, humour and surrealism in his films.

'Gulabo Sitabo' is a simple satire on life. It's a genre I have tried for the first time.

'The Twilight Zone' was sometimes shockingly cruel, far crueller than most TV drama today would dare to be.

My favorite movies are movies from the '70s, like 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'Dog Day Afternoon' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' and to me, 'Hereditary' seemed like it fit in with those movies, and it was just horrifying. It seemed like it took the things that I love about movies and really fleshed out characters.

Literature plays a huge role in examining difficult real-life issues.

I think it's important for anyone who takes cinema seriously not to limit yourself to just optimistic or happy movies. I think that's a problem. You've got to be willing to let the art of cinema take you into some darker places if you're going to make full use of it.

I tend to be attracted to material that has a tough edge to it - darker material.

When I made 'Vicky Donor,' people said it's not a family drama, it is for youngsters. But families also went and watched the film. Same happened with 'Piku' and 'October.'

I've always liked dark, creepy movies, but for some reason, I started on the film scene with romantic comedies.

I find 'EastEnders' so utterly bleak.

My first black-on-black picture was 'The Portrait of an Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self.' I started using it as an emblem of this undercurrent of wickedness, malevolence, and irony - all of that.

When I was making 'Satya', many people said that nobody would like to watch such dirty people. But, when the film worked, the same people said it was so real that they could actually smell it!