American - Director | December 26, 1980 -
Hindsight is the most dangerous thing imaginable for me. I imagine that's the case for most filmmakers. And I would love to be a filmmaker who was an exception to that rule, but I'm certainly not.
David Lowery
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I've always endeavored to make movies with my friends.
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I like roller coasters that have the one 70-foot drop.
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I have always thought of myself as a writer, only because I need things to direct, and I can't not write the things that I direct.
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I love working with the same people. When I find someone I love and that I like working with, I don't want to stop working with them.
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Casey Affleck is someone I want to work with again. We almost had him on 'Pete's Dragon,' but his scheduling issues didn't work out.
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Some filmmakers are great at making complex things and films with a lot of moving parts, and I'm just not that way.
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When I'm writing a story, I try to reduce it to the barest possible components and go from there.
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When you have a lot going on in a scene - whether it be a lot of shots, a lot of coverage, a lot of edits, or just the amount of content - it can cover up a deficit of true feeling. But when you don't have a lot of material to work with, you really have to be sincere with everything. You really have to mean it, because there's nowhere to hide.
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I love 'Peter Pan' to death. It's one of the most influential pieces of storytelling in my life. It made a huge impact on how I grew up. I love the cartoon. I love the 2003 version.
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I love communicating non-verbally. I find great value in it.
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In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection.
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