Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.
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target anyone in particular. I only hope that some people will find the work entertaining and come to my films with an open mind.Todd Solondz
When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.
Todd Solondz
Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering up a shot. I take pride in that - and, of course, in having avoided the fate of Eyes Wide Shut.
Todd Solondz
I just think hearing my voice would be unpleasant, ... When you write a book, there's the book and that's it. You don't need pages of commentary or the 300 pages you deleted. I think ultimately the movie has to speak for itself.
Todd Solondz
What I tried to do, as best I could, was keep a kind of balancing act in motion, ... I have my prejudices and politics and so-forth, but if I was going to err, I wanted to err in favor of the Christian conservatives, since it's not the world that I come from. Keeping this balancing act was essential for me, since the point is that the film is not trying to convert one... but rather for the audience to have to examine some of their own preconceptions about whichever position one is taking.
Todd Solondz
It's one of the great gifts of having so little money that you are able to make these kinds of radical conceits that you could never afford to do had you had a reasonable budget,
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