Damian Lillard Quotes

I emphasize... that the Harrimans showed great courage and loyalty and confidence in us, because three or four of us were really running the business, the day to day business.

Once you have made the decision to do the film, once you have identified the desire and all the deep and personal, intimate, artistic reasons why you want to do the film, then it's more a matter of how to do things.

I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.

When you come to do the film, it is not the time to wonder why you do it. It's just how to do it.

If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.

You can't swing with hesitation; you can't try to steer the ball to the flag; you can't worry about that water hazard as you take the club back. You have to pick the right club, visualize the shot you want to hit, and then focus on that shot until the ball is gone.

You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.

If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.

You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.

I do what I feel is right. I am not scared to walk on the new path and take risk.

Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant.

I always knew my death would be a possible consequence of the work I do. But for me it was a price I was willing to pay because this is what I believed in.

When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.'

I always put myself out there. I'm not afraid to commit to something.

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.

When it comes to making tough decisions, I'm ready to make them.

If you are going to be dogged with doubts you shouldn't be making movies.

It may not be the most popular thing online, but I believe in what I'm doing. I believe in what I'm creating at my dojo.

As an artist, there are times when you need to take a leap of faith... For me, it's important that the gaze is correct.

I am convinced by my style of play, so I take risks without much hesitation.

I'd love to go in the foxhole with guys who will stick their neck out and say, 'I'm going to deliver for you.'

There was no fear of failure when I made 'Bajirao Mastani.'

You have to be totally one hundred per cent committed to act. I do value everyone else's advice, but ultimately I have to listen to myself.

If you got the balls to follow something through, you can end up being the coolest, smartest guy in the room, because you've literally put your ass on the line.

I had more trouble than I had a sense of utility or satisfaction. But it served to occupy me and to keep me occupied in a field that I love - which was cinema - while I was waiting to realize the film that I wanted to do, which was Once Upon a Time in America, which took ten years of thinking and working to realize.