Every single substitute teacher growing up could not pronounce my name, so whenever someone pauses, I'm like, 'Oh, that's me.' — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
My ideas tend to be either really big in terms of like, the logistics, or really small. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I like characters that make choices and try to drive their own fate. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I'd done the method bit before from, like, age 15 to 19. I was a Civil War re-enactor. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think I have this field around me that makes electronics work bad. It's not like an entropy thing; it happens very… — 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
An eight-hour movie is definitely not a two-hour movie. An eight-hour movie is really like five independent films, if you think about… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I binge write, basically. I do a lot of prep, research, setup. I'll have a pretty detailed outline. Sort of like a… — 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 a city like New York, especially for young professionals who aren't in a family situation, most people don't cook for themselves.… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
'Sin Nombre' was almost like the adolescent version of 'Jane Eyre.' 'Jane Eyre' sort of picks up where 'Sin Nombre' ends. It's… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I used to always make art for girls. That was the thing I did for girls to like me. I did portraits,… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously privileged… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
'City of God' and 'Slumdog Millionaire' are both films that I really like, but they are stylistically the opposite of what I… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
So often at home in the West Village, I'm like, 'Why aren't I allowed a horse?' I would keep a horse in… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
When you have a script, and you're discussing what it can be, and who going to play what role, that's a kind… — 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
