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You can write ten versions of a scene, and then, on the day, discover that something in the original scene worked. It's hard on writers. Hard on actors, hard on editors, hard on me, hard on the producers, who require patience and confidence. But I can't get to the end without going through this process.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: Actor Confidence Day Discover Editors End Get Going Hard Me Original Patience Process Producers Require Scene Something Ten Then Through Versions Who Without Worked Write Writers You

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I have a tremendous amount of patience and tolerance when working with people, but if I ever feel the impulse to inhibit myself from doing one more take, or feel a need to apologize to someone for pushing, I know that that relationship isn't gonna last.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: Amount Apologize Doing Ever Feel Gonna Impulse Inhibit Know Last More Myself Need Patience People Pushing Relationship Someone Take Tolerance Tremendous Tremendous Amount Working

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I like going into a scene knowing that the script isn't quite finished, that there's something that isn't really going to reveal itself until something spontaneously occurs.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: Finished Going Itself Knowing Like Occurs Quite Really Reveal Scene Script Something Spontaneously Until

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If you talk to anybody, among the first things you'll hear is, 'Steve Carell is the nicest guy in the world.' And he is. 'Steve Carell is the greatest guy to work with.' And he is. But all of that belies other aspects that are as true with him.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: Among Anybody Aspects First First Things Greatest Guy He Hear Him Nicest Other Steve Talk Things True Work World You

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Before I find myself in the middle of a project, I want to make sure it is the kind of thing that keeps me excited for two years. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to push the proverbial rock up the proverbial mountain.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: Before Difficult Excited Find Keeps Kind Make Me Middle Mountain Myself Otherwise Project Push Rock Sure Thing Two Up Very Want Will Years

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I think in terms of content and subjects and whatever kind of production it dictates. Can I conceive of an idea that would really connect with my personal rhythms and cost a lot of money? I don't gravitate in that direction, but it is possible.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: Conceive Connect Content Cost Dictates Direction Gravitate Idea Kind Lot Money Personal Possible Production Really Rhythms Subjects Terms Think Whatever Would I Think

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It couldn't be more satisfying to work on something almost anonymously for years, then to have it received affectionately with support.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: Almost More Received Satisfying Something Support Then Work Years

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People without fathers tend to have two predominant characteristics. They tend to believe anything is possible. At the same time there's an anxiety and an unending insecurity. It's a very American thing because back in the past, we lost our fathers or father. The king.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: American Anxiety Anything Anything Is Possible Back Because Believe Characteristics Father Fathers In The Past Insecurity King Lost Our Past People Possible Same Same Time Tend Thing Time Two Unending Very Without

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The version of 'Moneyball' I pitched - and we made - is about a guy, Billy Beane, who thinks he's trying to win baseball games. But it's deeper than that.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: About Baseball Billy Deeper Games Guy He Made Than Thinks Trying Version Who Win

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I definitely have moments in my life where I discovered a film, and the language of the film itself spoke to me in a way, as if someone came up to you and started speaking a language you'd never heard but understood and was able to express things the language you knew could not.

~Bennett Miller

Topics: Able Came Could Definitely Discovered Express Film Heard Itself Knew Language Life Me Moments My Life Never Someone Speaking Spoke Started Things Understood Up Way Where You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: December 30th, 1966

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