Sundance took me on my first film and from there sort of launched my career. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
It's rare that you can promote a love story and feel fear in a film. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
'Victoria Para Chino,' my 2nd-year film at NYU, gave birth to 'Sin Nombre.' — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I was imagining films in my head and trying to gather friends together to make movies since I was a kid. I… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
It's a treat and daunting to be directing someone like Judi Dench, who's made more films than I'll ever make in my… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
You work with the communities to make films. And you just don't go in and take over their territory. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I'll definitely say that, before film school, I didn't have much of a film-history background. I didn't know much about classic cinema. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I want to be happy while I make movies and not just do things just to work. I want to do things… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Have you seen McConaughey in 'Unsolved Mysteries?' Even back then, it's a great performance! And he's mowing the lawn. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think that one of the most exciting things about making films is the sort of reaching out to the world. It's… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I've never watched my films with an everyday audience so it was really crazy to watch people clap at the end of… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
My grandma was really sick when I was working on 'Sin Nombre' and eventually died that summer when we were finishing the… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to be liked, so of course you want critical acclaim. After that, box office acclaim isn't bad. More than anything… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Levity, you need levity to feel anything. You need to laugh before you cry. I think films that take themselves too seriously… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I definitely pay attention to details. I think one of the hardest things about making a movie is that it can be… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
One of my problems with a lot of things I watch is that everybody's too pretty, and it takes me out of… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
In terms of tackling different subjects, I can't really think of anything I wouldn't want to try; that's the fun of it… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think auditions are set up for failure because they're not really the set experience. There's no time to develop the character.… — 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… — 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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think it's a fascinating thing to see how lonely people are in this world and what they're looking for. It's a… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
A period romance film with elements of horror. That was successful, because I feel like Coppola's DRACULA was one or the other.… — 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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Even on my films, I always collaborate with the actors. That's a given. I think you need that. You need the actors… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
As a director, your job is to make sure no one for any reason is taken out of the film. Sometimes it's… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Getting back in the directors chair - there's a sense of like doing something every year. It's not like riding a bike,… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I'm better suited to be a director, I think. I see myself as the general author. I hate the word 'auteur,' because… — 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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of person where you're never done, you just keep perfecting and perfecting and perfecting, or trying to fix things… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
It's pretty awesome to see people dressed up in period clothing and running around on horses and in carriages and all that… — 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
