Well, I want to do everything in sort of a documentary style, ever since I started in the '80s. Gus Van Sant 80sdocumentarysort Change image and 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
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
Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay. Gus Van Sant bastionceremonialearly share on social
I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before. Gus Van Sant draw Change image and share on social
I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story. Gus Van Sant actorcomeenvironment Change image and share on social
When I grew up in the '60s, we were actually dominated by this, you know, sort of conforming '50s culture, even though we were like trying to express our own culture, like, the dominant culture was the thing that was forming us. And I think that that's true today. Gus Van Sant 50s60sconform share on social
The reason I know about 'Tomb Raider' is from when I was researching 'Elephant.' It was 1999, and I was trying to research the Columbine-massacre kids, and they had played video games, and I, at the time, had never really seen one. It was a world I didn't know. Gus Van Sant columbineelephantgame share on social
If you don't have the story and the unfolding of the trajectory of the saga, it's like getting in a car and not having any gas. Gus Van Sant carsagastory Change image and share on social