--- title: "10 Because Quotes By Cary Fukunaga" description: "10 Because quotes by Cary Fukunaga. Plus more from Cary Fukunaga and more Because sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/cary-fukunaga-2753_because_new-york-is-perfect-for-tanizaki-because_1799202.jpg" --- > [New York is perfect for Tanizaki because it's filled with so many dark spaces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/new-york-is-perfect-for-tanizaki-because-it-s-filled-with-so-many/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/cary-fukunaga-2753_because_new-york-is-perfect-for-tanizaki-because_1799202.jpg) > [Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/shakespeare-is-repeated-around-the-world-in-different-languages-just/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/cary-fukunaga-2753_around_shakespeare-is-repeated-around-the-world_2292767.jpg) > [The problem with being a writer/director: unless you're really disciplined, you start adding projects, and you have to make time to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/the-problem-with-being-a-writer-director-unless-you-re-really/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/cary-fukunaga-2753_adding_the-problem-with-being-a-writer-director_1114811.jpg) > [I'm better suited to be a director, I think. I see myself as the general author. I hate the word 'auteur,' because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/i-m-better-suited-to-be-a-director-i-think-i-see-myself-as-the/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/cary-fukunaga-2753_anything_i-m-better-suited-to-be-a-director-i-thi_1069638.jpg) > [An eight-hour movie is definitely not a two-hour movie. An eight-hour movie is really like five independent films, if you think about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/an-eight-hour-movie-is-definitely-not-a-two-hour-movie-an-eight-hour/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/cary-fukunaga-2753_about_an-eight-hour-movie-is-definitely-not-a_1984452.jpg) > [One of my problems with a lot of things I watch is that everybody's too pretty, and it takes me out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/one-of-my-problems-with-a-lot-of-things-i-watch-is-that-everybody-s/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/cary-fukunaga-2753_angeles_one-of-my-problems-with-a-lot-of-things_2613576.jpg) > [It's easy to make something avant garde. To do something in the traditional way is much more brave in the sense that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/it-s-easy-to-make-something-avant-garde-to-do-something-in-the/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/cary-fukunaga-2753_avant-garde_it-s-easy-to-make-something-avant-garde_2927162.jpg) > [The anticipation-speculation that comes with a weekly schedule is a double-edged sword. Because people have more time to talk about things, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/the-anticipation-speculation-that-comes-with-a-weekly-schedule-is-a/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/cary-fukunaga-2753_about_the-anticipation-speculation-that-comes_943069.jpg) > [I think the only reason people use PCs is because they have to. Mac is the most streamlined computer there is. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/i-think-the-only-reason-people-use-pcs-is-because-they-have-to-mac-is/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/cary-fukunaga-2753_because_i-think-the-only-reason-people-use-pcs-i_131651.jpg) > [It's hard because there's a part of me that wants 'True Detective' to win every award we're nominated for. But I'm a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/it-s-hard-because-there-s-a-part-of-me-that-wants-true-detective-to/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/cary-fukunaga-2753_award_it-s-hard-because-there-s-a-part-of-me-t_1391185.jpg) ## Other authors on Because ## More by Cary Fukunaga > [The only pressure is the pressure I put on myself, that's up to be I guess to mitigate that. I think there's always pressure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/the-only-pressure-is-the-pressure-i-put-on-myself-that-s-up-to-be-i/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [One of the great things about working with Focus is that you're never forced, especially with a film with low budget. The pressure is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/one-of-the-great-things-about-working-with-focus-is-that-you-re-never/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [When I see an image in my head that compels me, where there's this mystery about what's going to happen next or could happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/when-i-see-an-image-in-my-head-that-compels-me-where-there-s-this/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [I wrote my first script, which was 50 pages, at age 15. It was about two brothers in love with the same nurse while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/i-wrote-my-first-script-which-was-50-pages-at-age-15-it-was-about-two/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [My mom loved the old black-and-white films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/my-mom-loved-the-old-black-and-white-films/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [I think the only reason people use PCs is because they have to. Mac is the most streamlined computer there is. I started using…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/i-think-the-only-reason-people-use-pcs-is-because-they-have-to-mac-is/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [The apartments are made for eels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/the-apartments-are-made-for-eels/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [I have tremendous faith that there will be greater films to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/i-have-tremendous-faith-that-there-will-be-greater-films-to-come/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [If you think of most murders as being between people who know each other, it's very easy to figure out who the killer is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/if-you-think-of-most-murders-as-being-between-people-who-know-each/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [I've written immense love letters that are supposed to be opened over days at a time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/i-ve-written-immense-love-letters-that-are-supposed-to-be-opened-over/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [I started writing stories when I was 9 or 10. I wrote my first screenplay-type document when I was 14.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/i-started-writing-stories-when-i-was-9-or-10-i-wrote-my-first/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [It's nice to represent to other people in the world that Americans actually do know what's happening in the world, can speak other languages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/it-s-nice-to-represent-to-other-people-in-the-world-that-americans/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [If you have something really important you want to say, you have to read your audience, I guess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/if-you-have-something-really-important-you-want-to-say-you-have-to/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/i-enjoy-setting-the-scene-and-coming-up-with-interesting-frames-true/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) > [Sometimes the best set experiences make for the worst films. So, you don't want it to be too good an experience! But the bulk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/sometimes-the-best-set-experiences-make-for-the-worst-films-so-you/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/because/cary-fukunaga/#itemlist", "name": "10 Because Quotes By Cary Fukunaga", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "New York is perfect for Tanizaki because it's filled with so many dark spaces.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cary Fukunaga" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/new-york-is-perfect-for-tanizaki-because-it-s-filled-with-so-many/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/cary-fukunaga-2753_because_new-york-is-perfect-for-tanizaki-because_1799202.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/cary-fukunaga-2753_because_new-york-is-perfect-for-tanizaki-because_1799202.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/cary-fukunaga-2753_because_new-york-is-perfect-for-tanizaki-because_1799202.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“New York is perfect for Tanizaki because it's filled with so many dark spaces.” — Cary Fukunaga", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cary Fukunaga" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/shakespeare-is-repeated-around-the-world-in-different-languages-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/cary-fukunaga-2753_around_shakespeare-is-repeated-around-the-world_2292767.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/cary-fukunaga-2753_around_shakespeare-is-repeated-around-the-world_2292767.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/cary-fukunaga-2753_around_shakespeare-is-repeated-around-the-world_2292767.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling.” — Cary Fukunaga", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The problem with being a writer/director: unless you're really disciplined, you start adding projects, and you have to make time to make them. 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