Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson
Wesley Wales "Wes" Andersonis an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films are known for their distinctive visual and narrative style...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth1 May 1969
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
philosophy writing talking
I chose philosophy because it sounded like something I ought to be interested in. I didn't know anything about it, I didn't even know what it was talking about. What I really spent my time doing in those years was writing short stories. There were all sorts of interesting courses, but what I really wanted to do was make stories one way or another.
actors enjoyed
One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.
outsiders obsession obsessed
The subject of an outsider who becomes obsessed.
interesting want film
I just want to make films that are personal, but interesting to an audience.
real kids important
I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great ones, they can be a real ace in the hole.
thinking firsts
I didn't think so much of him at first. But now I get it: he's everything that I'm not.
romantic-love years feelings
Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world.
ideas trying want
If somebody asks me about the themes of something I'm working on, I never have any idea what the themes are. . . . Somebody tells me the themes later. I sort of try to avoid developing themes. I want to just keep it a little bit more abstract. But then, what ends up happening is, they say, 'Well, I see a lot here that you did before, and it's connected to this other movie you did,' and . . . that almost seems like something I don't quite choose. It chooses me.
heartbroken feelings inspired
I just now put [Robert Altman] down feeling heartbroken but happily and deeply inspired. . . . Wonderful.
people bills able
People often call and say: "Can you help me to get Bill Murray in our movie." But I'm always like, "well I don't know how to do that!" I've sometimes tried and not been able to get him but then I'll suddenly be very surprised by the thing that he will suddenly decide to do.
character brain way
Do you know how writers often say the characters take over... But that is more or less what it always feels like to me, too. Even though that's just a way of describing how your brain is working, it's still what you tend to feel.
crazy thinking tvs
The only thing that takes away from it is when they steal some music from one of my movies and put it in a TV commercial. I am not crazy about influencing TV commercials. But if I legitimately influence someone making a movie, I think that is really flattering.
jobs moving personality
The thing with animation is that you record the actors like a radio show and then the animators become actors in their own way because it's their job to take this puppets and make them seem alive. They bring their own personalities to the way they move these puppets.
thinking style want
The things that are more my own style are something that I don't really have to think about. The only time I have to think about them is if I want to force myself not to do it the way I do it.