Life doesnt just happen its constructed through the history of power. And thats something I am interested in and so is the art world: a world thats trying to engage socially, with a leftist slant, to work out how we got here. – Mike Mills
Shooting a film is like a kismet quest. You have thirty days and you need magic to happen. So thats why I wear suits. Im praying to the gods, and Im doing everything I can to respect the powers of the world. – Mike Mills
I am intrigued by inanimate objects. Theyre a piece of history, someones statement and ideas of life. – Mike Mills
Theres some movies I watch, theyre kind of like my anti-anxiety pill, my anti-depressant pill. I watch them at least once or twice a month probably. And I never stop learning from them as a filmmaker. – Mike Mills
My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness werent created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969. – Camille Paglia