I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema. — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker. — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see. — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I don't think the audience goes and thinks of the movie as a piece of art - there are some independent people… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
You'll see in the movie he constantly does that-he only drinks his tea a certain way, brings his own tea bags, the… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
Movies are so hard to get made - every step of the way of making a movie has obstacles. If you don't… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are.… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I think people go to the movies to be entertained, to have an experience, to disappear from their own reality for a… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
There are many stories of people didn't set out to make a film that became a classic - the whole process was… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
OCD, we discovered is a lot of different things-it's not just washing your hands, it's whatever you're obsessed with. It can be… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
You could call it that [urban Western], I guess, you could certainly call it that. A lot of these types of films… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
It's part of the film-making business and also part of the creative process - putting all the pieces together to make a… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
Not harder than it should be, no. We're about the business, we're about the work. It's all about the work, always. We have fun… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
If you see someone lying out knives and forks consistently, but then one day those knives and forks become weapons you're not sure if… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
Sometimes violence in a very real way is much faster and more impactful because it feels real and you're watching it happen and you're… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker. — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
One hundred percent, I mean, many of the Sergio Leone movies were with Clint Eastwood, and that's what it is. — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I would be lying to you if I said I wouldn't love for it [Equalizer] to become a franchise, I would love for it… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
You'll see a consistent, like the tea, the tea bags you saw there-you'll see a consistent-did you see the cafeteria? I mean the diner? — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I like being in real environments. I love being in the place that it's about - these sets and locations are characters in the… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
![“You could call it that [urban Western], I guess, you could certainly call it that. A lot of these types of films are, really, if you get down to the core most suspense thrillers in this genre, the Western is sort of the birth of it all.” quote by Antoine Fuqua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/784/antoine-fuqua-12353_birth_you-could-call-it-that-urban-western-i-g_1015897.jpg)
![“I would be lying to you if I said I wouldn't love for it [Equalizer] to become a franchise, I would love for it to become a hit and all that great stuff. Who knows-you just make the best movie you can make, you know it's like, eat the whole thing, one piece at a time. And then, we'll see what…” quote by Antoine Fuqua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/249/antoine-fuqua-12353_equalizer_i-would-be-lying-to-you-if-i-said-i-woul_245330.jpg)
