My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the 'Village Voice' and describe his life, but it was all sort of subversive and below the radar. Gus Van Sant artdescribegay share on social
If a movie isn't released, it's one thing, but if you know it will be, it's nice to have closure and see it come out. Gus Van Sant closuremovienice Change image and share on social
There's always a risk if you don't do things the way you've done things before. Gus Van Sant haveriskthing Change image and share on social
I'd come into filmmaking as a painter so, for me, making 'Good Will Hunting' was experimental because I didn't know how to do it. Gus Van Sant experimentalfilmmakegood Change image and share on social
The media has gone through lots of things that make it a less foreign thing to have your lead character be gay. Gus Van Sant characterforeigngay Change image and share on social
There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make it seem like the characters are really there. Gus Van Sant characterfeltfilm Change image and share on social
I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything. Gus Van Sant animalarrangedocumentary Change image and share on social
I think that for the actors, the last thing that they want is a director that's not watching, a director that goes 'Okay, it sounded good to me,' and they were doing something else or preoccupied with something else because they were worried about the light changing. Gus Van Sant actorchangedirector share on social
There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome. Gus Van Sant acceptbitedie Change image and share on social
Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film. Gus Van Sant copyfilmshoot Change image and share on social
