We print money. The people that print the money is actually us. The government of the United States of America. By its very nature, we control that, and this system is there as representation of us. — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment. — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working. — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
When it feels scary to jump, that’s exactly when you jump. Otherwise you end up staying the same place your whole life. And that… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
There is certainly a part of my filmmaking that harkens to a more simpler commercial kind of taste, but then with this theres certainly… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
To have a second movie that you're proud of and that actually turned out the way you wanted, shot by shot, I realize I'm… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it. — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
I don't know how you make decisions in your life, but I weigh lots of things, and it's not always the purest of things… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
