Michael Pitt Quotes

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• I think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do.

  Michael Pitt

  Thinking, Way

  "Walk like a junkie". www.theguardian.com. August 11, 2005.

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• Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.

  Michael Pitt

  Fun, Hard Work, Scary

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• If a religious person says "No, no, no" and they won't listen to science, it makes me think that they don't have faith in their own religion.

  Michael Pitt

  Religious, Thinking, Have Faith

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it.

  Michael Pitt

  Doors, Two, Fire

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• So many of us have our asses watching stupid reality shows, desensitizing our brains. Like, "Wow, isn't that dumb, but I'm so entertained right now! That's the stupidest thing I've seen in my life - give me more of it!" You know what I'm talking about. I turn on the television and I'm like, "This is so bad, but I cannot get my fucking eyes off of it." It's not good.

  Michael Pitt

  Stupid, Reality, Giving

  "Michael Pitt: 'Making Movies Is the Only Thing I Know How to Do'". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. July 18, 2014.

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• I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well.

  Michael Pitt

  Fun, Film, Love Making

  "Michael Pitt: 'Making Movies Is the Only Thing I Know How to Do'". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. July 18, 2014.

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• Right now is a very interesting time because of the digital cameras, and the fact that you can edit anywhere. It's a great time to be a filmmaker, is a great time to be starting off.

  Michael Pitt

  Interesting, Cameras, Digital

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I've noticed that sometimes when you keep things a little smaller, it's easier to focus on the creative aspects of what you're doing.

  Michael Pitt

  Focus, Creative, Littles

  Interview With Martin Scorsese, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 17, 2010.

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• I want my audience to say, "Wow, this is a film I'm benefiting from. I'm benefiting from what this filmmaker is trying to say." I'd always rather learn and be entertained than be entertained and feel myself getting dumber by the moment.

  Michael Pitt

  Trying, Want, Wow

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

  Michael Pitt

  Sound, Wake Up, Cliche

  "Q&A with 'Last Days' star Michael Pitt". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.tailslate.net. July 21, 2005.

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• You always have nerves. And it's important to respect your nerves and your doubts. And then you have to ultimately overcome them.

  Michael Pitt

  Doubt, Important, Overcoming

  "Michael Pitt Talks I ORIGINS, a Possible Return to HANNIBAL, and Working With John Travolta on CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES". Interview with Evan Dickson, collider.com. July 19, 2014.

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• I'm always trying to work on scripts. I'm pretty selective. Sometimes maybe too much because I'm broke .

  Michael Pitt

  Always Trying, Too Much, Scripts

  "Michael Pitt Plays Haneke's Games". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. March 20, 2008.

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• I'm not really equipped to do anything else but making movies. In every other aspect of my life I'm a total failure.

  Michael Pitt

  Aspect

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I've worked with a lot great directors who have huge resumes, but I'm really trying to be active in my career in supporting the new generation of cinema. I like taking some time to try to support and be a part of that.

  Michael Pitt

  Careers, Support, Trying

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• From where I started to where I'm at right now I'm loaded in retrospect to the opportunities that I have. As far as money and the scheme of the world, I don't cash in. I do films because I'm sensitive and maybe stupid, and that I feel like I'm going to have fun on and feel like I'm going to have a good experience with. It's not about punching in and selling soap.

  Michael Pitt

  Fun, Stupid, Opportunity

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment.

  Michael Pitt

  Real, Theatre, Film

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• I needed to stay in the character.

  Michael Pitt

  Character, Needed

  "Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet Aren't Joking Around in Funny Games". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.popentertainment.com. March 31, 2008.

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• Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.

  Michael Pitt

  Actors, Singers, Saws

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• I think that it's important not to take [acting] too seriously. It's all pretend. It's a strange job.

  Michael Pitt

  Jobs, Thinking, Important

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• I saw the main character played by Mads Mikkelsen, and he's amazing. Hannibal had that going for it.

  Michael Pitt

  Character, Going For It, Saws

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• Different films have different places in people's lives. I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from.

  Michael Pitt

  People, Different, Watches

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• I'm really, really blessed. Not only am I blessed to have found that I love making films, but I'm also insanely blessed to be able to do it. I have to remind myself that when I'm complaining.

  Michael Pitt

  Blessed, Complaining, Able

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• When people go at war they cheapen things.

  Michael Pitt

  War, People

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I think it's very dangerous for an actor to take [shooting] too seriously because I think it could really damage you if you do that.

  Michael Pitt

  Thinking, Actors, Shooting

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• If I'm able to catch the screening, there's a point in the film where, like clockwork, a portion of the audience gets really emotional and begins to cry. And that's very difficult to make happen.

  Michael Pitt

  Emotional, Able, Film

  "Interview with Michael Pitt, star of upcoming film, 'I Origins'". Interview with Tom Santilli, www.axs.com. August 7, 2014.

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