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Damien Chazelle quotes: As a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college.

As a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college.

Damien Chazelle quotes: My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.

My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I love the ending of 'The Wrestler.'

I love the ending of 'The Wrestler.'

Damien Chazelle quotes: Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get it right.

Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get it right.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I'm a terrible procrastinator.

I'm a terrible procrastinator.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I've always wanted to make movies that are fever dreams.

I've always wanted to make movies that are fever dreams.

Damien Chazelle quotes: Certainly, my manager Gary Ungar was the first person to give me any attention and hustle for me. This was back in 2009.

Certainly, my manager Gary Ungar was the first person to give me any attention and hustle for me. This was back in 2009.

Damien Chazelle quotes: What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?

What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?

Damien Chazelle quotes: If you look at 'West Side Story,' a lot of those numbers are actually pretty cutty, but the cuts are always musically motivated.

If you look at 'West Side Story,' a lot of those numbers are actually pretty cutty, but the cuts are always musically motivated.

Damien Chazelle quotes: At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.

At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.

Damien Chazelle quotes: My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be.

My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.

I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.

I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.

Damien Chazelle quotes: My hands were constantly blistered or bloody; my ears were always ringing. I tore through drumheads and drumsticks like there was no tomorrow.

My hands were constantly blistered or bloody; my ears were always ringing. I tore through drumheads and drumsticks like there was no tomorrow.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I was a writer for hire. I wrote to pay the bills.

I was a writer for hire. I wrote to pay the bills.

Damien Chazelle quotes: 'Whiplash' scared me. I feel you should only do projects that scare you to some degree. I get motivated by those sorts of feelings.

'Whiplash' scared me. I feel you should only do projects that scare you to some degree. I get motivated by those sorts of feelings.

Damien Chazelle quotes: 'Whiplash' was always the song I hated the most because it's a song designed to screw with drummers.

'Whiplash' was always the song I hated the most because it's a song designed to screw with drummers.

Damien Chazelle quotes: By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue it.

By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue it.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

Damien Chazelle quotes: As a drummer, you're always fighting for a level that you never quite attain.

As a drummer, you're always fighting for a level that you never quite attain.

Damien Chazelle quotes: In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.

In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I tend to latch on to things and not let go.

I tend to latch on to things and not let go.

Damien Chazelle quotes: It was only through getting interested in more out-there and avant-garde forms that the musical suddenly seemed like such a wonderful genre to me.

It was only through getting interested in more out-there and avant-garde forms that the musical suddenly seemed like such a wonderful genre to me.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic.

I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic.

Damien Chazelle quotes: The greatest thing has been that projects that were pipe dreams before 'Whiplash' are now feeling more realistic.

The greatest thing has been that projects that were pipe dreams before 'Whiplash' are now feeling more realistic.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I remember being inspired myself when smaller films, whether it's 'Beasts' or 'Winter's Bone,' wound up in the Oscars lineup.

I remember being inspired myself when smaller films, whether it's 'Beasts' or 'Winter's Bone,' wound up in the Oscars lineup.

Damien Chazelle quotes: Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.

Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.

Damien Chazelle quotes: Before 'Whiplash,' I'd had a string of failed scripts. I'd pour my blood, sweat and tears into them, and no one would like them.

Before 'Whiplash,' I'd had a string of failed scripts. I'd pour my blood, sweat and tears into them, and no one would like them.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I'm predisposed to never be in pure celebration mode.

I'm predisposed to never be in pure celebration mode.

Damien Chazelle quotes: As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.

As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.

I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I don't like the idea the viewer can kind of sit there and go, 'Make me like this person.' People aren't inherently sympathetic.

I don't like the idea the viewer can kind of sit there and go, 'Make me like this person.' People aren't inherently sympathetic.

Damien Chazelle quotes: Nothing is guaranteed to last, so you should just enjoy it as it happens.

Nothing is guaranteed to last, so you should just enjoy it as it happens.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I was a jazz drummer, and it was my life for a while: what I lived and breathed every day.

I was a jazz drummer, and it was my life for a while: what I lived and breathed every day.

Damien Chazelle quotes: My first movie was totally improvised.

My first movie was totally improvised.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I handle screenings and award ceremonies really badly.

I handle screenings and award ceremonies really badly.

Damien Chazelle quotes: I like a set to be a happy place, where people can feel free to experiment.

I like a set to be a happy place, where people can feel free to experiment.

Damien Chazelle quotes: My version of a stress dream is, really, showing up on a concert stage with a drum set and not knowing the chart.

My version of a stress dream is, really, showing up on a concert stage with a drum set and not knowing the chart.

Damien Chazelle quotes: There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.

There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.