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> [I tend not to think that anything I happen to be reporting on in my films is special. Meaning that people are always saying to me, 'you must love New York, you have it in all your films.' But mostly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/i-tend-not-to-think-that-anything-i-happen-to-be-reporting-on-in-my/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

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## More by Ira Sachs

> [New York grabbed me too hard, as did adulthood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/new-york-grabbed-me-too-hard-as-did-adulthood/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [My early films were about self discovery, and films of internal conflict. At that level, they were very personal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/my-early-films-were-about-self-discovery-and-films-of-internal/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [So there's a choice that I made to tell stories that are still psychological melodramas about domestic issues. The challenge is to figure out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/so-there-s-a-choice-that-i-made-to-tell-stories-that-are-still/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal &…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/my-father-moved-out-to-park-city-in-in-the-mid-70s-and-lived-in-a/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [I do love the young adult novels as a form and genre, because it has a purity of intention and heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/i-do-love-the-young-adult-novels-as-a-form-and-genre-because-it-has-a/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [For me, an actor is really, first and foremost, a person and an individual, more than they are an actor or a professional.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/for-me-an-actor-is-really-first-and-foremost-a-person-and-an/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [I make films that are very personal, and I always have. It's kind of the only thing that I think I have to offer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/i-make-films-that-are-very-personal-and-i-always-have-it-s-kind-of/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/everyone-wants-to-belong-and-everyone-needs-to-belong-in-order-to/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [I'm someone who can create critiques of individuals based on their economic history. That's one way I look at people in terms of one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/i-m-someone-who-can-create-critiques-of-individuals-based-on-their/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [For me, every film is actually a form of documentary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/for-me-every-film-is-actually-a-form-of-documentary/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/i-realize-i-have-strength-as-an-artist-and-professional-by-embracing/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/every-time-you-make-a-film-you-create-a-world-you-make-decisions/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/everything-encourages-you-not-to-tell-stories-of-gay-lives-there-is/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/for-gay-people-we-learned-about-our-lives-in-secrecy-and-a-lot-of-fear/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

> [I think as a gay person, there was no way in my generation to not grow up with shame and a sense of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/i-think-as-a-gay-person-there-was-no-way-in-my-generation-to-not-grow/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

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