Cary Fukunaga quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Cary Fukunaga

Cary Fukunaga Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Cary Fukunaga on Wise Famous Quotes.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: It takes the wool from your eyes about how the world works, to show you that nothing's necessarily fair, and that you might have a hard life.

It takes the wool from your eyes about how the world works, to show you that nothing's necessarily fair, and that you might have a hard life.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I don't really put trophies out. I don't keep trophies around my apartment.

I don't really put trophies out. I don't keep trophies around my apartment.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Collaboration sometimes causes conflict, and sometimes it's easy, but the bringing together of great minds only adds.

Collaboration sometimes causes conflict, and sometimes it's easy, but the bringing together of great minds only adds.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: The theoretical casting part of movies is the funnest part. You really can imagine so many different versions of a story based on who's embodying it.

The theoretical casting part of movies is the funnest part. You really can imagine so many different versions of a story based on who's embodying it.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be identifiable.

I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be identifiable.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I'm definitely sensitive to the idea of exploitation. You don't want to glamorize certain things.

I'm definitely sensitive to the idea of exploitation. You don't want to glamorize certain things.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: In TV, you have no time and sort of just carpet bomb the scene with as many angles as possible as quickly as possible and find it in the edit.

In TV, you have no time and sort of just carpet bomb the scene with as many angles as possible as quickly as possible and find it in the edit.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I have these plants in my house that are dying, so having a robot butler to water them when I'm away would be pretty handy.

I have these plants in my house that are dying, so having a robot butler to water them when I'm away would be pretty handy.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I like characters that make choices and try to drive their own fate.

I like characters that make choices and try to drive their own fate.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I have a really good relationship with Focus Features; we had a wonderful time working together on 'Sin Nombre.'

I have a really good relationship with Focus Features; we had a wonderful time working together on 'Sin Nombre.'

Cary Fukunaga quotes: 'True Detective' would not pass The Bechdel Test.

'True Detective' would not pass The Bechdel Test.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: If you have something really important you want to say, you have to read your audience, I guess.

If you have something really important you want to say, you have to read your audience, I guess.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I was a big history buff as a teenager.

I was a big history buff as a teenager.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to work.

Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to work.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: 'Jane Eyre' was one of those films that I was familiar with as a kid, and I always enjoyed the story.

'Jane Eyre' was one of those films that I was familiar with as a kid, and I always enjoyed the story.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I love the idea of 3D, but it's completely superfluous to most stories.

I love the idea of 3D, but it's completely superfluous to most stories.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: After 'Sin Nombre,' I just needed to take a break to go to completely different worlds.

After 'Sin Nombre,' I just needed to take a break to go to completely different worlds.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: It's rare that you can promote a love story and feel fear in a film.

It's rare that you can promote a love story and feel fear in a film.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Film still looks way better than digital.

Film still looks way better than digital.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I live in Brooklyn, New York, and hail from the 'East Bay,' Oakland, CA.

I live in Brooklyn, New York, and hail from the 'East Bay,' Oakland, CA.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I'm clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I'm really not meant for anything but behind the camera.

I'm clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I'm really not meant for anything but behind the camera.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: The apartments are made for eels.

The apartments are made for eels.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I was imagining films in my head and trying to gather friends together to make movies since I was a kid. I tried to do comedy skits and a horror

I was imagining films in my head and trying to gather friends together to make movies since I was a kid. I tried to do comedy skits and a horror film.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling.

Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Writing, for me, is an inherent part of understanding the material on a deeper level.

Writing, for me, is an inherent part of understanding the material on a deeper level.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: If you really want to tell someone you love them, you don't just go and blurt it out. There's a dance. And your movie does that.

If you really want to tell someone you love them, you don't just go and blurt it out. There's a dance. And your movie does that.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you.

You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I don't think I'd ever write anything that I don't also direct just because it's so hard and painful to write as it is.

I don't think I'd ever write anything that I don't also direct just because it's so hard and painful to write as it is.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I'm never more miserable than when I write, and never more happy than having finished and having it sitting in front of me.

I'm never more miserable than when I write, and never more happy than having finished and having it sitting in front of me.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I have tremendous faith that there will be greater films to come.

I have tremendous faith that there will be greater films to come.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I love period pieces. But it's hard to get money to make costumed dramas, so we'll see.

I love period pieces. But it's hard to get money to make costumed dramas, so we'll see.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: You work with the communities to make films. And you just don't go in and take over their territory.

You work with the communities to make films. And you just don't go in and take over their territory.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I have aspirations of making a big, historical epic. I don't know if I'll ever get the money to do it ...

I have aspirations of making a big, historical epic. I don't know if I'll ever get the money to do it ...

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I've written immense love letters that are supposed to be opened over days at a time.

I've written immense love letters that are supposed to be opened over days at a time.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I didn't grow up watching detective shows. I've never even seen an episode of 'CSI.'

I didn't grow up watching detective shows. I've never even seen an episode of 'CSI.'

Cary Fukunaga quotes: It's so easy for shows to be gritty and handheld and shaky and really tight in people's faces.

It's so easy for shows to be gritty and handheld and shaky and really tight in people's faces.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: My friends just make fun of me in some shape or form.

My friends just make fun of me in some shape or form.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: It's a treat and daunting to be directing someone like Judi Dench, who's made more films than I'll ever make in my lifetime.

It's a treat and daunting to be directing someone like Judi Dench, who's made more films than I'll ever make in my lifetime.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Have you seen McConaughey in 'Unsolved Mysteries?' Even back then, it's a great performance! And he's mowing the lawn.

Have you seen McConaughey in 'Unsolved Mysteries?' Even back then, it's a great performance! And he's mowing the lawn.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Tom Hooper had done 'John Adams,' and David Lynch did 'Twin Peaks.' I figured I could do eight hours of television, and I wanted to.

Tom Hooper had done 'John Adams,' and David Lynch did 'Twin Peaks.' I figured I could do eight hours of television, and I wanted to.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: My ideas tend to be either really big in terms of like, the logistics, or really small.

My ideas tend to be either really big in terms of like, the logistics, or really small.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Sundance took me on my first film and from there sort of launched my career.

Sundance took me on my first film and from there sort of launched my career.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Ed Norton is probably one of the smartest people I've ever met.

Ed Norton is probably one of the smartest people I've ever met.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: There are elements to the 19th century which just don't work for contemporary audiences.

There are elements to the 19th century which just don't work for contemporary audiences.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: As storytellers, you're always somehow creating history.

As storytellers, you're always somehow creating history.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Collaborations aren't easy, but you definitely get something highly different than had you done it on your own. That's part of the experience.

Collaborations aren't easy, but you definitely get something highly different than had you done it on your own. That's part of the experience.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: 'City of God' and 'Slumdog Millionaire' are both films that I really like, but they are stylistically the opposite of what I wanted to do.

'City of God' and 'Slumdog Millionaire' are both films that I really like, but they are stylistically the opposite of what I wanted to do.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: You're always against the clock. But really just fighting for quality.

You're always against the clock. But really just fighting for quality.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I'm not a very sentimental person, so you're not going to find schmaltzy scenes in my movies.

I'm not a very sentimental person, so you're not going to find schmaltzy scenes in my movies.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: My mom loved the old black-and-white films.

My mom loved the old black-and-white films.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I'd done the method bit before from, like, age 15 to 19. I was a Civil War re-enactor.

I'd done the method bit before from, like, age 15 to 19. I was a Civil War re-enactor.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I think I have this field around me that makes electronics work bad. It's not like an entropy thing; it happens very quickly.

I think I have this field around me that makes electronics work bad. It's not like an entropy thing; it happens very quickly.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I've been wanting to make a movie about the war in Sierra Leone, specifically, for more than 15 years.

I've been wanting to make a movie about the war in Sierra Leone, specifically, for more than 15 years.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I'm terrible at making titles. I never like the titles of my films.

I'm terrible at making titles. I never like the titles of my films.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: There's nothing I find more lazy than unmotivated camerawork just to make things look interesting.

There's nothing I find more lazy than unmotivated camerawork just to make things look interesting.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I'm not Mexican, and I'm not Central American. I'm from California.

I'm not Mexican, and I'm not Central American. I'm from California.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: New York is perfect for Tanizaki because it's filled with so many dark spaces.

New York is perfect for Tanizaki because it's filled with so many dark spaces.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I've certainly never been dying to go to England my entire life.

I've certainly never been dying to go to England my entire life.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I'll definitely say that, before film school, I didn't have much of a film-history background. I didn't know much about classic cinema.

I'll definitely say that, before film school, I didn't have much of a film-history background. I didn't know much about classic cinema.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: Every single substitute teacher growing up could not pronounce my name, so whenever someone pauses, I'm like, 'Oh, that's me.'

Every single substitute teacher growing up could not pronounce my name, so whenever someone pauses, I'm like, 'Oh, that's me.'

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I want to be happy while I make movies and not just do things just to work. I want to do things I spend years on.

I want to be happy while I make movies and not just do things just to work. I want to do things I spend years on.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: When you know you have a certain amount of work to finish, you just don't allow yourself to get sick again.

When you know you have a certain amount of work to finish, you just don't allow yourself to get sick again.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: To do action without cuts is infinitely more exciting.

To do action without cuts is infinitely more exciting.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I want to have a nice country home one day, yeah.

I want to have a nice country home one day, yeah.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: When people start talking, things happen.

When people start talking, things happen.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I eventually want to do writing on all the films, but not necessarily to be the writer. Writing is a painful, painful thing; it really is.

I eventually want to do writing on all the films, but not necessarily to be the writer. Writing is a painful, painful thing; it really is.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: My mom was married to a Mexican guy - a surfer - and so we'd kind of camp out on the beach the swell season.

My mom was married to a Mexican guy - a surfer - and so we'd kind of camp out on the beach the swell season.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.

I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: You have to tease enough misinformation and lack of information to hopefully make people want more.

You have to tease enough misinformation and lack of information to hopefully make people want more.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I just have a hard time displaying things.

I just have a hard time displaying things.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I think the semantics of mini-series for a network is that it has an end.

I think the semantics of mini-series for a network is that it has an end.

Cary Fukunaga quotes: I don't believe happiness comes out of material gain, for sure.

I don't believe happiness comes out of material gain, for sure.