Words matter. These are the best Mark Duplass Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The realm of making microbudget stuff will always be totally in our control. Most of the time, we just pay for those out of pocket. Then there is stuff that’s too expensive for us to pay for, and we want partners on, like ‘Togetherness’ and ‘Animals’ and some of our original Netflix movies.
When you make a black-and-white movie with two people in it in 2016, you’re taking a swing at something.
I question every move. I’m constantly second-guessing myself.
I consistently go to therapy and work on this one issue. I’ve devoted an hour every two weeks to ask, ‘How do I be a workaholic, do what we love to do, and not die of a heart attack, destroy myself and my family, and keep my friends?’
As the death of the middle class of film has happened, it has been re-birthed in television.
You know, I watched the original ‘Same Time, Next Year’ on DVD about ten times this year, and I cried all ten times.
When we saw the first cut of ‘Wild Wild Country,’ it was like, Wow.
In particular, what I loved about ‘Creep’ and ‘The One I Love’ was the combination of naturalism, horror, and comedy that felt kind of new and fun.
I selfishly like a lot of first-time directors because they over-prepare, they’re super eager, and there’s very little ego.
How do you say no to doughnuts?
‘Somewhere in Time’ is in the top-five cheesiest movies ever made. It’s super melodrama.
The only thing darker than ‘Overboard’ is ‘Micki & Maude,’ the bigamy comedy from 1984.
I never thought about branding when we were starting our production company.
‘The One I Love’ came out in theaters for the enthusiasts and did a chunk of business on VOD. But when it started streaming on Netflix, it exploded. Same thing with ‘Safety Not Guaranteed.’
If you’re locked to the words on the script, as good as those scripted words are, if you didn’t have the time to rehearse them correctly or if the perceived dynamic between the actors is different from what the writer imagined, and you’re not allowed to stray from that, you’re going to have a stilted scene.
I’m not someone who feels that unless I am anxious or depressed, there will be no creative drive. My greatest desire in the world is that my desperation goes away, and I can be happy.
I want ‘Like Brothers’ to answer young kids who ask, ‘How could I possibly become a filmmaker?’ This book will step that out for you.
I’m interested to see what happens to Spike Lee with limited resources, you know? I love Spike Lee’s movies. But you know what? I kinda liked his movies when he used to scramble and fight more for them.
The challenge for me as a parent of two girls is to establish enough structure in the house so that things don’t go haywire… but at the same time, as a dominant male figure in their life, let them know they can topple the king.
I played acoustic guitar so intensely, for so long – for nine hours a day as a 10-year-old, writing songs through the night, on tour constantly from when I was 19 – that I destroyed my arms and shoulders in the process.
At the risk of saying you should make a self-indulgent film for your first movie: you should make a self-indulgent film for your first movie.
You’re taught – consciously or sub-consciously – to make an indie so you can get through that terrible process and get to Hollywood. I realized when I got there, ‘Oh, no; I think I’m better over here.’
Nobody should be working 18 hours a day for a whole year or any period of time.
When you’re improvising, it’s fun to find something that you can lean on that is similar to your life experience. In my opinion, that’s very helpful.
We built a business for ourselves just out of hard work, and I think people really want to hear from us about that.
