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
[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
[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
[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
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 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
I think it's important to keep trying new things.
I think it's important to keep trying new things.
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
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
Filmmaking is barely an art. 99% of my job is bureaucracy.
Filmmaking is barely an art. 99% of my job is bureaucracy.
Darren Aronofsky's FILMOGRAPHY
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as Actor (23)
as Director (7)
as Creator (5)
