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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

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I look for challenges. I really do.

~David Slade

Topics: Challenges Look Really

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Personally, I have nightmares about the unstoppable monster.

~David Slade

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: September 26th, 1969

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