I never thought I was doing the same thing as directors like John Carpenter, George Romero, and sometimes even Hitchcock, even though I've been sometimes compared to those other guys. We're after different game. David Cronenberg carpentercomparedirector share on social
Of course for many years directors have had to go on the road with their movies and promote them and I've done that since the beginning. So that's not new but the forms of it are different such as with the internet. David Cronenberg begindirectorform share on social
Nah, I've done sex scenes before, you know, like in video. David Cronenberg havenahscene Change image and share on social
I'm just observing the world. I was born into it, like you were, and then I found out there were some really disturbing aspects to being alive, like the fact that you weren't going to be alive forever - that bothered me. David Cronenberg aliveaspectbear share on social
Even Hitchcock liked to think of himself as a puppeteer who was manipulating the strings of his audience and making them jump. He liked to think he had that kind of control. David Cronenberg audiencecontrolhitchcock Change image and share on social
The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting. David Cronenberg bigbudgetexcit Change image and share on social
The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff. David Cronenberg communicationfearfilmmake Change image and share on social
So not only can you not imagine dying, you can't really imagine existence before you were born. David Cronenberg beardieexistence Change image and share on social
The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. That's why a lot of good filmmakers are doing television. They do HBO movies. David Cronenberg difficultfilmfilmmaker Change image and share on social
Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion. David Cronenberg censorconfuseillusion Change image and share on social