L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff. Mike Mills explorefigureisolate Change image and share on social
I pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it. Mike Mills audiencefilmfinish Change image and share on social
I think that talking about the personal specificity, personal details, is how you get the big, big audiences - by talking about your relationships or your personal tragedies. If you reach out with that energy, you'll touch people. Mike Mills audiencebigdetail share on social
The weird thing about grief, for me at least, was when each of my parents died, for a year or two afterwards I was pretty wildly brave - just willing to take life on. Mike Mills bravediegrief Change image and share on social
To be honest, we have no control over what's going on with a movie, much less what people are going to think of it. Your whole life is wound up in it but you don't have control and you have to get used to being on that turbulent plane without trying to fly it. The less you think about all that the better. Mike Mills controlflyhonest share on social
As a son of a man who pretended to be one thing for 33 years of my life and then was another thing, the questions of 'what is real' and 'what is not real' are very blurrily vivid to me. Mike Mills blurrilylifeman Change image and share on social
One good and bad thing about New York is there's so much exciting stuff and so many people doing something interesting. I actually find in New York that you become more careerist and more focused on what's the newest, hippest thing. Mike Mills badcareeristexcit share on social
To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life. Mike Mills disrelatedhavehumor Change image and share on social
Being a good Hans Haacke student, part of his influence on me is that there's no difference between a gallery show and a film - or even an ad and a T-shirt-in terms of cultural legitimacy. They're just different contexts in which to have some sort of communication. Mike Mills communicationcontextcultural share on social
I feel like kids are the perfect psychic investigators of their parents, and kids understand their parents' unconscious better than the parents ever do. Mike Mills feelinvestigatorkid Change image and share on social