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Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American filmmaker and writer, who has received acclaim and generated controversy for his often surreal and disturbing films.

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I'm Godless. And so I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking, which is -- ultimately what my God becomes, which is what my mantra becomes, is the theme.

Filmmaking, Godless, Mantra, Narrative, Theme

It would be nice to make a movie that other people want to make, because every one of these movies, I basically have to find the only company in the world that's willing to make it, and it's always a big challenge. I end up spending a tremendous amount of energy and time trying to get money to make these movies and it's exhausting.

Big, Challenges, Movies, Nice, People

I remember the few times that happened to me in writing, where you basically start writing and you look at the clock and six hours have gone by and you're, like, "Whoa! What the hell just happened?" And that piece ends up in the final product even though the final product is three years away. It doesn't get rewritten. It came out the right way. But that's happened to me so few times in my life.

Gone, Happened, Hell, Remember, Three, Writing

I think I came to film-making through writing. I started to write, and people, teachers, responded to my writing.

Came, Responded, Teacher, Teachers, Thinking, Writing

I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.

Art, Thinking, Fans, Anthropology, Interested, Big

I've spent a life loving women and studying them as much as I can, or am allowed to.

Allowed, I Can, Life, Loving A Woman, Study, Studying

My hope is that I'm going to continue to make more and more challenging work that's going to come out more and more interesting. I don't know if that will always continue to happen, but every one of my films has definitely been a progression as far as complexity of narrative, character, and plot.

Challenges, Character, Complexity, Interesting, Plot, Progression

People have been screaming about the end of times forever, it's always the end of times. But there's just so much evidence that the world is changing so radically right now. How much can the world take?

Forever, People, Right, World

Noah was this sort of patron saint in my life. When I finished Pi and I started to think about what was next, I was like, "Wow, it's interesting that no one has done a film of one of the greatest stories ever told. " Even if you're not a Jew, a Muslim, or a Christian, you likely have a flood story in your culture.

Christian, Flood, Interesting, Think, Thinking

But steady-cams are very different than hand-helds, because hand-held gives you that verite feel.

Different, Gives, Giving, Hands, Vérité

I think that there's an infinite amount of places where you can stick a camera. There's an infinite amount of choices of what could be going on. There's an infinite amount of places for so many things, so you have to figure out how to do your job.

Choices, Infinite, Job, Jobs, Think, Thinking

To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't think is a good ride.

Amusement, Film, Like, People, Ride, Thinking

At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back.

Back, Cameras, Film, Hunger

I think people are people and, if their feelings are truthful, they can connect. It doesn't matter if you're an aging, 50-something wrestler at the end of his career, or an ambitious, 20-something ballet dancer.

Aging, Careers, Dancer, People, Thinking

I don't think I make genre films. I think studios try to sell films as genres because they know how to do that. There's nothing wrong with that. I don't know what I make. It's sort of a pot roast, all my films.

Film, Films, Know, Studios, Thinking, Trying

I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.

Art, Arts, Challenge, Challenges, Thinking, Working

'Angel Heart' was one of my favorite films.

Angel, Favorite, Film, Films, Heart

I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm hoping that I'm getting better as I get older.

Film, Films, Get Better, Requiem, Student, Students

In seventh grade I had a magical teacher, her name was Mrs. Fried. She wore only pink, she drove a pink Mustang, and she was half out of her head. But very inspiring. And one day she said, "Take out a paper and pen and write something about peace. " For some reason I wrote a poem on Noah - I don't know why I chose Noah - and it turned out it was for a contest for the UN. I ended up winning and reading the poem in front of the UN. I remember Mrs. Fried telling me, "When you write your first book, dedicate it to me. " That was like, "Whoa. "

Book, Day, Fried, Reading, Teacher, Whoa

For too long we have been taking, and the Earth has been giving. But that free-for-all, that all-you-can-eat buffet, it's over. The salad bar is closed.

Long, Giving, Bars, Earth, Salad, Closed

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