Brad Pitt Quotes

That's the most important thing to me - that if I'm gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it's very important for me to know that I'm working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we're going for something together.

I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best.

I see my actors as my collaborators.

When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there's never any competitive vibe. It's more about how do we do this thing together.

Movies are a collaboration, I feel, so I didn't think of myself as an authoritative figure as much.

'The Waterdance' was made for all the right reasons. Everybody that was involved in the film gave it their all.

I feel that when people hire me they know it's going to be a collaboration and that they hire me for what I give on all sorts of levels, from my movement to the emotion I bring to the project, the passion, all of it.

To work with the same director is a great feeling.

The thing is that when you make a film, it is such an intense experience. It's like being married.

On any collaboration, you want to respect your music and the other's music.

I like to know that my actors or my performers are going into it with the same amount of passion that I have for the project. They're as dedicated to achieving as I am.

I only collaborate with the people I rock with in life, period. I rock with people where I really respect their craft and respect what they're doing. That's what collaboration should start from.

Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.

The only thing I want to do is stuff with people who care about what they're doing.

A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads.

A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

The most important thing for Quentin and the most important thing for me is to make the best film possible.

Ummm... well, the only thing I want to do is stuff with people who care about what they're doing, which sounds obvious, but it's really not.

Making a movie is like an accelerated version of growing up with someone. You spend so many hours a day with each other, and you're putting your heart into this same effort.

The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing.

You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a collaborator, who you think understands what you want to do with this movie and how you want to do it.

I really challenge every actor at the beginning of a process, and I always say, 'I have an idea that I'm going to bring to the table. I hope and expect that you will have an idea and bring it to the table. But the way I really want to work is that together we're going to have a third idea that is better than either of our ideas.'

People think if you're a movie star, you're the boss. But first of all, I'm not a movie star, I'm in a very different place. I'm not looking to do what I want - I am looking for what we can find. It's a creative process.

Everything about the movie 'Dope' is real artistry, and everybody put their full hearts and souls into it. It's a passion project; it's not one of those things everybody got paid a million dollars to do. Everybody on there wanted to do it. Everybody there believed in the project, and we just went for it. We all love each other.

In truth, I have always been amazed by a group of people who all work toward putting one person's vision forward - that's an interesting story for me.