By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I was in this public high school in Princeton, and it had this topnotch jazz program - if you were a musician… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I had seen a lot of music movies that celebrated music or that showed the kind of joys from playing music, which… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Certainly, I've loved musicals for a while, so I did some short films in college that had musical numbers and things like… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Before 'Whiplash,' I'd had a string of failed scripts. I'd pour my blood, sweat and tears into them, and no one would… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
The go-to reflex all over Hollywood is still likeability. I've always had a problem with it because I think I have a… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be. — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
It's interesting when you wind up distilling all your ambitions and your goals and dreams into one single person. It's giving that person a… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a person -… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
It was only through getting interested in more out-there and avant-garde forms that the musical suddenly seemed like such a wonderful genre to me. — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
If you're an artist, you want to draw from real life; you want to draw from experiences, emotion, and it's something that a lot… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I was interested in music and making movies about musicians, but my own experiences, and doing what it felt like for me to be… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion. — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
