KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

David Slade Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by David Slade

Showing 31-40 of 46 Quotes by David Slade

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.

~David Slade

Topics: Anything Create Distinctive Funny Just Make Much My Own Other Own People Rarely Really Reference Spend Those Time Try Worlds I Can

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I look for challenges. I really do.

~David Slade

Topics: Challenges Look Really

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~David Slade

Topics: Astonishing Filmmaker Francis Gifted Great Great Respect His Incredibly Lawrence Respect Visual Work

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


When you are doing music videos through the '90s, which I did, and the 2000s, you were put in the position, really, as an independent filmmaker. You were being financed by a major record company or a minor record company or whatever.

~David Slade

Topics: Being Company Did Doing Filmmaker Financed Independent Major Minor Music Music Videos Position Put Really Record Record Company Through Videos Were Whatever Which You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~David Slade

Topics: About Filmmaking Find Largely Luck Preparation Somehow Taste Things Think Those Three Will Work You I Think

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~David Slade

Topics: Believe Cinematic Cold Create Film Horror Horror Film Human Human Spirit Lasting Most Original Skin Spirit Stories Terrifying I Believe

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Certainly there is a lot of collaboration, but there is also a lot of clarity that has to be had in the vision that you have for the film when you come in as the director. Without that, there's no bullseye to be aiming for.

~David Slade

Topics: Aiming Also Certainly Clarity Collaboration Come Director Film Had Lot Vision Without You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Film is always a fight because you're the person, as the director, with a clear picture in your head of what you think is really exciting, and you're just trying to convince a bunch of other people to buy into that.

~David Slade

Topics: Always Because Bunch Buy Clear Convince Director Exciting Fight Film Head Just Other People Person Picture Really Think Trying You Your

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~David Slade

Topics: Am More Much Myself Particularly Populist See I Am

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Personally, I have nightmares about the unstoppable monster.

~David Slade

Topics: About Monster Nightmares Personally Unstoppable

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: September 26th, 1969

Links

Find David Slade on Amazon

Related Authors

John Grierson
Christopher Guest
David Lean
Christopher Nolan
Nick Park
Guy Ritchie
Ridley Scott
Tony Scott

Popular Authors

Aesop Francis Bacon Warren Buffett Albert Einstein Sigmund Freud Heraclitus Henry David Thoreau George Washington

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1883 - Coco Chanel

1631 - John Dryden

1686 - Eustace Budgell

1689 - Samuel Richardson

1780 - Pierre Jean De Beranger

1808 - James Nasmyth

1835 - Richard Parks Bland

1856 - John Cotton Dana

1870 - Bernard Baruch

1871 - Orville Wright

Birthdays on August 19th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Anniversary Business Famous Happiness New Year's Romantic Saint Patrick's Day Wedding