Teamwork Quotes by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

As a director, people are trusting you with their lives, with their stories.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

I wish I could say I've been following Youssou N'Dour all my life. I haven't.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

My love was always in books. I was just one of those avid readers. Films came later, but the stories were always present.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Growing up biracial and speaking four languages - French, Chinese, Portuguese, and English - gave me a different lens. I was always very acutely…

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

My father filmed me all the time as a kid, and that's how I was first exposed to a camera.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

I've always sought to give opportunities to women, to people who come from a different background, to add diversity to the mix - in…

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

I always wonder about the word 'intense.' 'Intense' is used to describe women. Guys are intense, but they don't get described that way.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

I was no stranger to risk myself, having made documentaries in dangerous conditions in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Africa.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

I went to Princeton to major in comparative literature. I never went to film school, but I studied storytelling across mediums - poems, literature,…

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Color is everything. It's another piece of the visual language to express what you're trying to say.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

I was fortunate to come from a family that supported my dreams.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

The cinematography and the conditions in which 'Meru' was filmed drew me to the project. It's remarkable to think that everything in the film…

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi