I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I started making movies in the early '90s, a few years after I discovered 'the cinema' during a three month stay in… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd ever start making a film until I had both the intimacy with the subject and the distance to… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
My early films were about self discovery, and films of internal conflict. At that level, they were very personal. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
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… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal &… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
I do love the young adult novels as a form and genre, because it has a purity of intention and heart. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
For me, an actor is really, first and foremost, a person and an individual, more than they are an actor or a professional. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
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… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
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… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema. — Ira Sachs Copy Share
I think as a gay person, there was no way in my generation to not grow up with shame and a sense of being… — Ira Sachs Copy Share
