I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I'm interested in. That's what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn't be this close to these people. I find that… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level. — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema. — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear. — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
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 Image
