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> [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 it to actually be narrative violence. I wasn't interested in fetishizing violence in any way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/i-m-so-sick-of-seeing-guns-in-movies-and-all-this-violence-and-if/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

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## More by Derek Cianfrance

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/i-m-so-sick-of-seeing-guns-in-movies-and-all-this-violence-and-if/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [Yeah as the director I consider myself to be the coach, and my actors are my players. So I have to show them how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/yeah-as-the-director-i-consider-myself-to-be-the-coach-and-my-actors/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [I always say writing is like dreaming, shooting is like living, and editing is like murder, because you take all these gifts that actors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/i-always-say-writing-is-like-dreaming-shooting-is-like-living-and/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/from-making-documentaries-all-these-years-it-doesn-t-feel-right-to/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [You can never maintain just pure happiness. In my life, I want full emotion. I want equal parts happiness and sadness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/you-can-never-maintain-just-pure-happiness-in-my-life-i-want-full/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/i-don-t-really-collect-anything-i-grew-up-in-a-family-that-collected/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [I tell the actors that the biggest gift they can give me is to fail. And that the second gift they can give me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/i-tell-the-actors-that-the-biggest-gift-they-can-give-me-is-to-fail/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [It happens sometimes that when someone has a camera, they change; sometimes they change for the better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/it-happens-sometimes-that-when-someone-has-a-camera-they-change/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [I love crosscut parallel storytelling, like we did in Blue Valentine. I love how Alejandro González Iñárritu has done it, and Quentin Tarantino, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/i-love-crosscut-parallel-storytelling-like-we-did-in-blue-valentine-i/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/there-s-one-rule-that-i-have-on-my-movies-which-is-that-anything-that/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/there-s-something-so-glorious-in-giving-control-to-the-world-i-think/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [Sidney Lumet is one of my favorite filmmakers. I feel like his approach to filmmaking was always so human. He was always making movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/sidney-lumet-is-one-of-my-favorite-filmmakers-i-feel-like-his/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/making-a-film-is-like-making-a-mixtape-you-re-collecting-all-this/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [When I made my student film, a feature, nobody wanted to talk to me and I was, like, in the desert for 12 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/when-i-made-my-student-film-a-feature-nobody-wanted-to-talk-to-me-and/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

> [I feel like the job in editing is to let the movie tell you what it is. It's like sculpture. You just start taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-cianfrance/i-feel-like-the-job-in-editing-is-to-let-the-movie-tell-you-what-it/)

[Derek Cianfrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-cianfrance/)

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