Whit Stillman
Birthday: 25 January 1952, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Birth Name: John Whitney Stillman
Whit Stillman was born in 1952 and raised in Cornwall in upstate New York, the son of a impoverished débutante from Philadelphia and a Democratic politician from Washington D.C. Stillman graduated fr ...Show More
A lot of people in the film industry are fatalists who think a worthwhile film will always achieve i Show more
A lot of people in the film industry are fatalists who think a worthwhile film will always achieve its destiny and the films that aren't worthwhile won't. It's all sort of pre-determined, etc. And I don't think that's true at all. Hide
One of the downsides of money is if there's no money there are very few real jerks who are attached Show more
One of the downsides of money is if there's no money there are very few real jerks who are attached to your project. And if there is money you do attract some very difficult unhelpful people. Hide
So much of selling a film in the industry is about creating a fulcrum where all the pressure comes t Show more
So much of selling a film in the industry is about creating a fulcrum where all the pressure comes to bear and something seems suddenly valuable and approved by an audience. It's amazing how people could pick up tons of films on the cheap but they don't because they wait until everything is laid out for them. Hide
Oddly in a sense I still have more confidence as a director than my ability as a writer. Somehow dir Show more
Oddly in a sense I still have more confidence as a director than my ability as a writer. Somehow directing is just really easy. It's just about being really honest about how you feel about what you're seeing. Essentially if you're a good television zapper and you bring that consciousness to the set and you're perfectly honest when what you're watching is not what you want or it is what you want. You're going to switch the channel or keep the channel. Somehow it all just seemed to come together. Hide
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