Top 33 David Slade Quotes

I think it’s a mistake to try and overthink how you are going to be received, because that assumes that you are going to be received in the first place.

It’s funny: I rarely reference anything, and I’m one of those people that doesn’t really spend much time in other people’s worlds. I just try and create my own and make it as distinctive as I can.

Computer-generated monsters – people shoot them all day with videogames, you know, so kids aren’t going to be afraid of that. People are getting immune to scares.

I look for challenges. I really do.

Married life suits me.

As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want.

Film will always be my main focus, but designing and publishing my own work is something I will also always do.

I think filmmaking is largely about preparation and taste and luck. If you have all of those three things, I think you will find you can work somehow.

When I got the script for ‘Eclipse,’ I thought it was a damn good story.

To get the film in your head on the screen, first you have to take it out of your head and explain it to everyone who is working with you. This will take work and planning.

My agent and manager would sternly tell me exactly the number of projects that we’ve turned down at this point. But, I think it’s really important to do the right thing next.

The vampires of ’30 Days of Night’ never really came into discussions early on. They did later when we were trying to figure out the pathology of the ‘Twilight’ vampires. ’30 Days’ is a completely different film. If you are a kid, please ask mum and dad before you watch that one!

Film becomes a living organism. After awhile, it begins to tell you what it needs, and you’re usually best listening.

Francis Lawrence is an astonishing filmmaker, an incredibly gifted visual filmmaker. I have great respect for his work.

Make the film that you love. When you find a film that you love, every molecule of your being will be moving in the direction of making the best film you can possibly make. This should be your default mode of operation.

Suspense is a real tough beast in terms of the filmmaking.

I don’t see myself as particularly highbrow. I am much more populist.

It’s good to know where you’ve come from.

Personally, I have nightmares about the unstoppable monster.

There’s so much burying of heads in sand going on in the U.S., people are finally beginning to recognize that the environment is dying, but it’s far too late, and I am conflicted.

I think it’s really difficult to justify converting a film that wasn’t shot in 3-D into 3-D. I really do believe, as does James Cameron and all the people who are actually pro-3-D, that you have to go out and shoot it that way. You have nothing but compromise if you don’t.

I’d love to make films in England, and I tried to. I think there’s a wealth of amazing talent and astonishing writing over here; there just seems to be more of a culture of developing films than actually making them.

I believe that filmmaking is a brilliant thing to do – be doing – for a living.

I don’t do commentaries; I can’t listen to them, either.

Appreciate good coffee when it’s available, but drink whatever they have on set and always say thank you for it.

I think if you have too much fear, you’re never going to break ground or develop.

I really appreciate gory movies.

I think that the most important thing we have is our ability communicate and love other humans.

With ‘Cold Skin,’ I believe we can create a lasting psycho-physiological horror film. It is one of the most atmospheric, terrifying, cinematic, and original stories of the human spirit.

What attracted me to ‘Eclipse’ was that it is a great story and a tremendous challenge for me as a filmmaker.

I thought, ‘Who is the first vampire ever? It’s Peter Murphy!’

I believe the most interesting thing to look at in the world is the human face, so that is why I tend to be a little closer to human faces than maybe other directors will be.

I don’t like doing the same thing over and over again, because I learn from being challenged.