Making a film is like making a mixtape. You're collecting all this stuff and putting your favorite stuff into it: you have actors that you like, characters that you're interested in, moments you want to explore, themes you want to… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
I'm so sick of seeing guns in movies, and all this violence; and if there was going to be violence in Pines, I wanted… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
Yeah as the director I consider myself to be the coach, and my actors are my players. So I have to show them how committed I am, but I also want to lead by example. I think whenever you make a film, you start out alone, and then slowly start - you have to be a magnet. You have to… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share
I always say writing is like dreaming, shooting is like living, and editing is like murder, because you take all these gifts that actors… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
From making documentaries all these years, it doesn't feel right to lead someone. In narratives, I'm always trying to shoot as though it's really… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
You can never maintain just pure happiness. In my life, I want full emotion. I want equal parts happiness and sadness. — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
I don't really collect anything. I grew up in a family that collected things and then they'd get sick and people die and then… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
I tell the actors that the biggest gift they can give me is to fail. And that the second gift they can give me… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
It happens sometimes that when someone has a camera, they change; sometimes they change for the better. — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
I love crosscut parallel storytelling, like we did in Blue Valentine. I love how Alejandro González Iñárritu has done it, and Quentin Tarantino, and… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
There's one rule that I have on my movies, which is that anything that you want to do, you can do. But! There's a… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
There's something so glorious in giving control to the world. I think that's what I'm trying to do in my films-control the world but… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
Sidney Lumet is one of my favorite filmmakers. I feel like his approach to filmmaking was always so human. He was always making movies… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
