I started making movies in the early '90s, a few years after I discovered 'the cinema' during a three month stay in… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance. — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in how the individual comes to know and accept him or herself, which I think has been hard… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I've made four films about the destructive nature of relationships, of secrets and lies, and I think I'm no longer interested in… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Most simply but profoundly, I chose to live an honest life, which I think as a gay person is not a given. — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
What I loved about 'Goodfellas' is that it's a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on… — 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
