Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original.

Quote by Todd Solondz

Topics: Todd Solondz Quotes

Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.

Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind...

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind...

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a...

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a...

It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust...

It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust...

People can't help how they look.

People can't help how they look.

A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it...

A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it...

Well, so far, at least, my own ideas always take priority over those of other...

Well, so far, at least, my own ideas always take priority over those of other...

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write...

One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write...

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say...

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say...

And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people,...

And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people,...

All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a...

All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a...

Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio...

Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio...

With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no...

With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no...

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders....

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders....

Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I...

Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I...

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories...

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories...

In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and...

In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and...

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off...

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off...

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and...

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and...