Seth Gordon Quotes

When you’re making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done.

There’s a dangerous bottom-lining, and super-summarizing that happens in a lot of our press and our media, and sort of our politicians’ talking points, that’s dangerously simple. I don’t know a better way to say it. And there’s usually a lot more complicated facts going on than what is quoted and quotable.

My folks are economists and have taught economics and social science so I grew up with those kind of conversations around the dinner table.

In film, you get to take your time and make it right. In TV, it’s all about the schedule. The train is moving and you sometimes just don’t have time to make things right, which is painful ’cause you know it could be done better and you just have no choice.

I’m really interested in stories about identity – who I am now versus who I used to be.