Bennett Miller

I am attracted to these outsider characters who just don't belong anywhere, and who are operating in worlds they sort of don't fit, coupled with huge ambitions. ”

I think, when I meet a person, in general, it's not my habit to conclude anything about people. Not completely. Even people you know well constantly remain open. ”

I think I am missing a gene that most people have to enable them to feel happiness about success and these kind of things. ”

I don't want to sound too spiritual, but when you are true to yourself and follow through with things that connect with you meaningfully, somehow things fall into place. ”

If you talk to anybody, among the first things you'll hear is, 'Steve Carell is the nicest guy in the world.' And he is. 'Steve Carell is the greatest guy to work with.' And he is. But all of that belies other aspects that are as true with him. ”

If I had a dozen lives, one of them would involve really getting off the rails in India, heavy into meditation. ”

You can write ten versions of a scene, and then, on the day, discover that something in the original scene worked. It's hard on writers. Hard on actors, hard on editors, hard on me, hard on the producers, who require patience and confidence. But I can't get to the end without going through this process. ”

My nature is to try and look past apparent truths, to pull back layers and understand the psychological motives behind phenomena. ”

If something is to be quietly powerful, it requires more balance than a film that allows for more freneticism. ”

I am and always have been fascinated with people, and I have a very good time coming up with the narratives of people's lives, exploring how a person thinks and feels. ”