Darren Aronofsky

“I'm interested in obsession. I'm interested in the nature of obsession and what it does to people.”

“I believe in the power of cinema. I believe that it can change the world.”

“I'm not an expert in anything. I'm a student. I'm a student of my subjects. I'm a student of my characters.”

“I'm always looking for a story that's hard to tell.”

“Every film is a puzzle. You have all these pieces and you're trying to put them together.”

“Ultimately I am a storyteller, but I'm not a storyteller who is only interested in escapism.”

“Pain is a part of life. It's a part of growing up. That's how we learn.”

“I think the ambition of all movies is to make you fly. And some movies are just better at it than others.”

“I think that the best stories are the ones that are personal, but also have a universal appeal.”

“I'm really interested in the idea of what it means to be a hero, and that the hero is not necessarily the person who is the strongest, but the person who is the most human.”