When I was 14, I felt very rundown; I had a home to go to, but I felt like I was 60 or something, older than I feel now. And I don't know if it's something that happens at 14, or whether it was adolescence or whether I was gay, or closeted gay, or whatever it was, I felt that. Gus Van Sant adolescenceclosetfeel share on social
Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking. Gus Van Sant filmmakegreathendrix Change image and share on social
For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad. Gus Van Sant badboredombring Change image and share on social
I've always been interested in how to present something that relates to our reality - which is not really... I don't even know if documentary itself does as good a job. It has its own problems in trying to get at the reality of the situation. Gus Van Sant documentarygoodhave share on social
Everything's changing so fast that it's sometimes hard to keep up. Gus Van Sant changefasthard 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
Usually when I read something, first of all I'm looking for the story and then when I reread it, I'm sort of checking every part of it to see if every scene is necessary. Gus Van Sant checkpartread 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
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
