The ought to be a worldwide cultural taskforce that just stops you when you have ideas like combining The Red Desert with an armored car heist movie.

Quote by Steven Soderbergh

Topics: Steven Soderbergh Quotes

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film...

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film...

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way....

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way....

I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that...

I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that...

A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to...

A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to...

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had...

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had...

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're...

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're...

The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim...

The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim...

When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong...

When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong...

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's...

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's...

I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very...

I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very...

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business...

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business...

I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are...

I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are...

I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't...

I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't...

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they...

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they...

In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that...

In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that...

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.

Well, it's 15 years since Sex, Lies And Videotape, and if you hang around long...

Well, it's 15 years since Sex, Lies And Videotape, and if you hang around long...

To me the director's job is to leave it in better shape than you found...

To me the director's job is to leave it in better shape than you found...

Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same...

Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same...

When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read...

When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read...