Latest Michael Pitt Quotes from Interviews

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• From where I started to where I'm at right now I'm loaded in retrospect to the opportunities that I have. As far as money and the scheme of the world, I don't cash in. I do films because I'm sensitive and maybe stupid, and that I feel like I'm going to have fun on and feel like I'm going to have a good experience with. It's not about punching in and selling soap.

  Michael Pitt

  Fun, Stupid, Opportunity

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• In a weird way scientists understand things on a higher level but it takes a lot of dedication and a lot of time.

  Michael Pitt

  Dedication, Levels, Way

  "Michael Pitt Talks I ORIGINS, a Possible Return to HANNIBAL, and Working With John Travolta on CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES". Interview with Evan Dickson, collider.com. July 19, 2014.

• You always have nerves. And it's important to respect your nerves and your doubts. And then you have to ultimately overcome them.

  Michael Pitt

  Doubt, Important, Overcoming

  "Michael Pitt Talks I ORIGINS, a Possible Return to HANNIBAL, and Working With John Travolta on CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES". Interview with Evan Dickson, collider.com. July 19, 2014.

• So many of us have our asses watching stupid reality shows, desensitizing our brains. Like, "Wow, isn't that dumb, but I'm so entertained right now! That's the stupidest thing I've seen in my life - give me more of it!" You know what I'm talking about. I turn on the television and I'm like, "This is so bad, but I cannot get my fucking eyes off of it." It's not good.

  Michael Pitt

  Stupid, Reality, Giving

  "Michael Pitt: 'Making Movies Is the Only Thing I Know How to Do'". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. July 18, 2014.

• I want my audience to say, "Wow, this is a film I'm benefiting from. I'm benefiting from what this filmmaker is trying to say." I'd always rather learn and be entertained than be entertained and feel myself getting dumber by the moment.

  Michael Pitt

  Trying, Want, Wow

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I'm really, really blessed. Not only am I blessed to have found that I love making films, but I'm also insanely blessed to be able to do it. I have to remind myself that when I'm complaining.

  Michael Pitt

  Blessed, Complaining, Able

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I think my audience is smart. If there's a way to be entertained and get things out - real things, not stupid moral crap - that's the best.

  Michael Pitt

  Real, Smart, Stupid

  "Michael Pitt: 'Making Movies Is the Only Thing I Know How to Do'". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. July 18, 2014.

• I'm not really equipped to do anything else but making movies. In every other aspect of my life I'm a total failure.

  Michael Pitt

  Aspect

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well.

  Michael Pitt

  Fun, Film, Love Making

  "Michael Pitt: 'Making Movies Is the Only Thing I Know How to Do'". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. July 18, 2014.

• When people go at war they cheapen things.

  Michael Pitt

  War, People

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

• If a religious person says "No, no, no" and they won't listen to science, it makes me think that they don't have faith in their own religion.

  Michael Pitt

  Religious, Thinking, Have Faith

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

• I've worked with a lot great directors who have huge resumes, but I'm really trying to be active in my career in supporting the new generation of cinema. I like taking some time to try to support and be a part of that.

  Michael Pitt

  Careers, Support, Trying

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

• Right now is a very interesting time because of the digital cameras, and the fact that you can edit anywhere. It's a great time to be a filmmaker, is a great time to be starting off.

  Michael Pitt

  Interesting, Cameras, Digital

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

• I'm always trying to work on scripts. I'm pretty selective. Sometimes maybe too much because I'm broke .

  Michael Pitt

  Always Trying, Too Much, Scripts

  "Michael Pitt Plays Haneke's Games". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. March 20, 2008.

• I think it's very dangerous for an actor to take [shooting] too seriously because I think it could really damage you if you do that.

  Michael Pitt

  Thinking, Actors, Shooting

• I think that it's important not to take [acting] too seriously. It's all pretend. It's a strange job.

  Michael Pitt

  Jobs, Thinking, Important

• I needed to stay in the character.

  Michael Pitt

  Character, Needed

  "Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet Aren't Joking Around in Funny Games". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.popentertainment.com. March 31, 2008.

• I was really impressed with Naomi [Watts]. She was a producer, and she was doing things that I wasn't really aware of. The way she was able to switch from handling problems to shoot a really difficult scene, I think is a real testament to her true ability.

  Michael Pitt

  Real, Thinking, Able

• Every director is different and they all have different styles. I've worked with directors who were very specific and they gave a lot of direction. The one thing about Michael [Haneke]that I think is interesting is that he really has a reason for everything he's asking you. If you challenge it, he is open for discussion but he has a clear idea of what he wants with reasons why.

  Michael Pitt

  Thinking, Ideas, Interesting

  "Michael Pitt Plays Haneke's Games". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. March 20, 2008.

• Some directors are very free and some directors are very specific. It seemed like doing a play.

  Michael Pitt

  Play, Directors

  "Michael Pitt Plays Haneke's Games". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. March 20, 2008.

• If I'm able to catch the screening, there's a point in the film where, like clockwork, a portion of the audience gets really emotional and begins to cry. And that's very difficult to make happen.

  Michael Pitt

  Emotional, Able, Film

  "Interview with Michael Pitt, star of upcoming film, 'I Origins'". Interview with Tom Santilli, www.axs.com. August 7, 2014.

• I don't really even know what Twitter is. I know that might sound wierd to some people. I don't use social media. I make music, so I use social media... it's more helpful for me when I'm making music than as an actor.

  Michael Pitt

  Media, People, Actors

  "Interview with Michael Pitt, star of upcoming film, 'I Origins'". Interview with Tom Santilli, www.axs.com. August 7, 2014.

• I've noticed that sometimes when you keep things a little smaller, it's easier to focus on the creative aspects of what you're doing.

  Michael Pitt

  Focus, Creative, Littles

  Interview With Martin Scorsese, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 17, 2010.

• I remember when I was a kid looking at different types of film and really examining the grains of them. I remember even looking at the ink streaks.

  Michael Pitt

  Kids, Ink, Different

  Interview With Martin Scorsese, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 17, 2010.

• I was about to move out of my apartment because I was so broke. I'd sort of made a pact with myself that I wouldn't take a job unless it was interesting to me, and I became broke very fast.

  Michael Pitt

  Jobs, Moving, Interesting

  Interview With Martin Scorsese, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 17, 2010.