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

Quote by Steven Soderbergh

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I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people.

I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people.

I love caper films.

I love caper films.

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

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...

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 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....

The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes...

The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes...

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...

There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and...

There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and...

I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one...

I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one...

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...

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...

It's pretty clear to me that working as a director for hire agrees with me....

It's pretty clear to me that working as a director for hire agrees with me....

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...

Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is...

Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...