David O. Russell
David O. Russell
David Owen Russellis an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His early directing career includes the comedy films Spanking the Monkey, Flirting with Disaster, Three Kingsand I ♥ Huckabees...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 August 1958
CountryUnited States of America
inspiration passion lessons
The great lesson about filmmaking is never take "no" for an answer, especially if you have a lot of passion and inspiration to do something.
struggle passion hair
The cinema that I make is a cinema about people, emotion, humanity and passion. It's not just about what they struggle through, but what they live for. That's what I love. The music they love, the people they love, the clothing, the hair and the life that they love
children years joy
And if you can come through that and still have some connection to your joy you felt when you were a child that's a very mature kind of a joy that I find inspiring. And Jennifer Lowrence has all that in her, and I've watched her have to go through it even in the last few years.
sadness thinking maturity
And that is also what the movie's about, going beyond success, what is success 'cause I think success is misperceived as just a cake and it isn't. There is many things inside that success. There's a maturity and a heartbreak and sadness and broken glass.
people risk together
You know, you have Scorsese who worked with De Niro and - or DiCaprio. You have William Wyler who worked with Bette Davis. You have George Cukor who worked with Katharine Hepburn. I just - people get to be friends and then there's a - that's a - you can take risks together and each time out you take a different risk.
together stories projects
If something - if you have a good rapport then you're friends and you're offered projects together or you discover stories together. Jennifer and I discovered this story together, and it was evident to us we would only do it with each other.
thinking honest republican
To be honest, I think that Republicans love terrorism.
september best-things happened
Bush was in a shithole on September 10th. 9/11 was the best thing that ever happened to him.
people easier
It's easier to control people when they're afraid.
christian spiritual smart
The investigation of consciousness has come to be regarded suspiciously by most smart people and by most scientists. That's a legacy that began with the Inquisition, which considered non-Christian spiritual inquiry as blasphemous.
teacher past challenges
I suppose what I like about Zen is that the teachers are constantly questioning your insight and challenging it, looking for sloppiness or laziness in it, and ways you can go past that.
jesus mean church
It's not easy to follow Jesus' example, and if you go to church it doesn't mean you're automatically doing it.
ideas may great-idea
The religion itself may have some great ideas, but I can't take it seriously if it's blatantly exclusionary.
names world horror
Christianity has been responsible for plenty of horror and death in the world, all supposedly in God's name.