When part of what you're trying to get a... | Todd Solondz

Truth Want People

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.

- Todd Solondz

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The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

- Anita Diament

Other quotes by Todd Solondz

Sound Work Want People

I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come up and say appreciative things about my work. But the loss, in terms of privacy and anonymity, is no small thing to me.

- Todd Solondz

Health May Will World

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.

- Todd Solondz

People

People can't help how they look.

- Todd Solondz

Actors

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

- Todd Solondz

People

In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fun of them.

- Todd Solondz

Public Want

But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in public more than I already am.

- Todd Solondz

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