I'm better suited to be a director, I think. I see myself as the general author. I hate the word 'auteur,' because it sounds so solitary when filmmaking is anything but solitary. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
When you think about being a director, you think about writing stories, putting the camera in interesting places and directing the actors to get your vision, but it's hard to imagine even this process... sitting here nine months later talking… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I wrote my first script, which was 50 pages, at age 15. It was about two brothers in love with the same nurse while… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think the only reason people use PCs is because they have to. Mac is the most streamlined computer there is. I started using… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
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.… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I've written immense love letters that are supposed to be opened over days at a time. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I started writing stories when I was 9 or 10. I wrote my first screenplay-type document when I was 14. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
If you have something really important you want to say, you have to read your audience, I guess. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
