Feel Quotes by Damien Chazelle

8 Feel quotes by Damien Chazelle

Damien Chazelle’s eight brief thoughts on feeling read like quick, artistic notes. The short collection offers a focused window into how he frames emotion.

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I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

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I was in high school, and when you get to be 14, 15, you start to feel a little more like your…

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I like the idea of working my way up. I don't feel impatient to immediately jump into something that could literally bring…

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There's something very particular about the kind of rage you feel when you're alone in a practice room by yourself, unable to…

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

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I hadn't seen that many movies that really go deep enough into the fears of playing music or the language that musicians…

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

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

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

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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.

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