I'm interested in what actors reveal about themselves through the structure of the character. — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
A lot of what I think I do as a director is try to give everything over to the actor. So I… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
For me, an actor is really, first and foremost, a person and an individual, more than they are an actor or a… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I try to keep feeling what's going on and try to use the camera, the actors and the design to enhance those… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I actually feel that all drama has an element of comedy in it. A great deal of that I learned from writers… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I've worked with non-professional actors, I've worked with movie stars, I've worked with kids, I've worked with older people, and I've found… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I think my movie addresses the struggles of communities facing class distinctions, which are timeless. The questions of how we live together… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
My early films were about self discovery, and films of internal conflict. At that level, they were very personal. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
So there's a choice that I made to tell stories that are still psychological melodramas about domestic issues. The challenge is to figure out… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal &… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
I do love the young adult novels as a form and genre, because it has a purity of intention and heart. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
For me, an actor is really, first and foremost, a person and an individual, more than they are an actor or a professional. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
I make films that are very personal, and I always have. It's kind of the only thing that I think I have to offer… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
I'm someone who can create critiques of individuals based on their economic history. That's one way I look at people in terms of one… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
I think as a gay person, there was no way in my generation to not grow up with shame and a sense of being… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
