Michael Pitt's Quotes
Born: 1981-04-10
Profession: Actor
Nation: American
Biography of Michael Pitt
It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.
Tags: Family, Happy, SuccessActing is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.
Tags: Fun, Hard, WorkDifferent films have different places in people's lives. I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from.
Tags: Films, Learn, LivesI don't have a lot of time to surf the net and see what everyone's wearing.
Tags: Everyone, Surf, TimeI feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment.
Tags: Film, Moment, RealI think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do.
Tags: Learn, WaysI think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me.
Tags: American, Pure, TakesI'm doing a record that has a story that runs through all of the songs, and then there is also a film that goes along with it.
Tags: Film, Goes, StoryPeople don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers.
Tags: AnswersPersonally, I'm very classic. If I'm going to wear a suit, it's going to be classic, black, and fit very well. There's nothing like it.
Tags: Black, Fit, WearThere are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.
Tags: Challenge, Direction, HighWhen actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.
Tags: Directors, Give, ScaredA kid now can practically record a song or edit a short film on his way to school. I think that will produce, perhaps, more less-interesting things - or you'll have to search more to find the interesting things. But I also think it's exciting.
Tags: School, Short, SongAll these directors who do different locations forget that one room can be shot from a million different angles and a million different ways. When I direct a movie, I'm going to use that.
Tags: Forget, Movie, Ways'Boardwalk' begins literally on the first day of Prohibition, which I think was a wonderful way to start - to have the story kind of come out of this massive historical phenomenon. And the more I researched the '20s, the more I discovered just how interesting it was.
Tags: Start, Story, Wonderful'Boardwalk' has kind of exposed me to a different demographic. And it upped my skills in terms of the speed with which I can prep a scene, and I'm excited to apply that.
Tags: Excited, Scene, Speed'Dawson's Creek' was my introduction to the industry. It put some money in my pocket and it put me in the position I wanted to be in, where I could audition for projects that I wanted to be a part of. I didn't find it creatively fulfilling in any way though.
Tags: Money, Put, Wanted'Dawson's Creek' was my introduction to the industry. It put some money in my pocket and it put me in the position I wanted to be in, where I could audition for projects that I wanted to be a part of. I didn't find it creatively fulfilling in any way, though. Working with artists excites me, but 'Dawson's Creek' didn't do that.
Tags: Money, Put, WorkingI'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good.
Tags: Good, Movies, WhetherI'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good. The main reason is not to make money, although at some points it's really difficult when you're broke.
Tags: Good, Money, MoviesThere are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it.
Tags: Door, Fire, HelpWell, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.
Tags: Actor, Singer, Wanted