Darren Aronofsky
Birthday: 12 February 1969, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Height: 183 cm
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After hig ...Show More
Filmmaking is barely an art. 99% of my job is bureaucracy.
Filmmaking is barely an art. 99% of my job is bureaucracy.
It's a very hard line, as a filmmaker, to know when is too much. And I'm usually on the wrong side o Show more
It's a very hard line, as a filmmaker, to know when is too much. And I'm usually on the wrong side of it. Hide
To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that peop Show more
To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't think is a good ride. Hide
[on creating Black Swan (2010)] It was a very hard film to make and I ended up making everyone's com Show more
[on creating Black Swan (2010)] It was a very hard film to make and I ended up making everyone's commitment to stay on it longer and longer. Every time we had a push because the money fell apart, or whatever, the hardest conversation I would have was with Natalie [Portman] because I knew it meant carrot sticks and almonds for another 3 months for her and she was not going to be happy. Hide
[on Mickey Rourke] When you meet him, he has all this armour on him, but that's because inside he's Show more
[on Mickey Rourke] When you meet him, he has all this armour on him, but that's because inside he's soft as jelly and he has such a big heart. Technically, he's an incredible actor and completely in control of his craft. Hide
There's always been a lot of pressure and tension on the line. If Pi (1998) didn't work out, I have Show more
There's always been a lot of pressure and tension on the line. If Pi (1998) didn't work out, I have no idea what my career would be. I don't think I would have gotten another shot at it. If Requiem for a Dream (2000) didn't work out, they would have called me a "one-hit wonder with a sophomore slump". Hide
I walked out of The Matrix (1999) and I was thinking, 'What kind of science fiction movie can people Show more
I walked out of The Matrix (1999) and I was thinking, 'What kind of science fiction movie can people make now?' The Wachowski Brothers (directors Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski) took all the great sci-fi ideas of the 20th century and rolled them into a delicious pop culture sandwich that everyone on the planet devoured. Hide
[on casting The Wrestler (2008)] No one believed in Mickey Rourke... He has no value as a commodity. Show more
[on casting The Wrestler (2008)] No one believed in Mickey Rourke... He has no value as a commodity. Well, I sat with him and looked into his eyes. His eyes aren't dead. They're alive, yearning, thinking. Hide
You have to be memorable if you want people to be thinking about it thirty seconds after it happens. Show more
You have to be memorable if you want people to be thinking about it thirty seconds after it happens. I don't think it matters, the reaction, as long as they're reacting. Hide
[on how he chooses visual style that suits each story] It's probably because I'm Godless. And so I'v Show more
[on how he chooses visual style that suits each story] It's probably because I'm Godless. And so I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking, which is -- ultimately what my God becomes, which is what my mantra becomes, is the theme. Hide
I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road Show more
I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion. Hide
I think it's important to keep trying new things.
I think it's important to keep trying new things.
Darren Aronofsky's FILMOGRAPHY
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as Actor (23)
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