On 'Sin Nombre,' Adriano Goldman and I improvised a lot of things on-site. We were working with untrained actors, and you can't… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
The theoretical casting part of movies is the funnest part. You really can imagine so many different versions of a story based… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
The problem with being a writer/director: unless you're really disciplined, you start adding projects, and you have to make time to make… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I have a really good relationship with Focus Features; we had a wonderful time working together on 'Sin Nombre.' — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
My grandma was really sick when I was working on 'Sin Nombre' and eventually died that summer when we were finishing the… — 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
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
Literally, I don't have a television. So I don't really know what's happening pop-culturally. I read the 'New York Times.' And there's… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I eventually want to do writing on all the films, but not necessarily to be the writer. Writing is a painful, painful… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I don't storyboard, and I don't really shot list. I let the shots be determined by how the actors and I figure… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
In terms of tackling different subjects, I can't really think of anything I wouldn't want to try; that's the fun of it… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
If you're directing, it doesn't really matter any more if it's going straight to TV - what matters is whether you have… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I don't really put trophies out. I don't keep trophies around my apartment. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
It's so easy for shows to be gritty and handheld and shaky and really tight in people's faces. — 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'm clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I'm really not meant for anything but behind the camera. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
With 'Sin Nombre,' there are parts that I wish were longer. And with 'Jane Eyre' especially, there were parts that I had… — 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
