I'm definitely sensitive to the idea of exploitation. You don't want to glamorize certain things. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I'm not a very sentimental person, so you're not going to find schmaltzy scenes in my movies. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
You work with the communities to make films. And you just don't go in and take over their territory. — 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
Collaborations aren't easy, but you definitely get something highly different than had you done it on your own. That's part of the… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do to… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
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
In TV, you have no time and sort of just carpet bomb the scene with as many angles as possible as quickly… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
No, ramen's not good for you. But in Japan, our favorite thing to do after drinking all night, especially in Sapporo where… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think I learned discipline on 'Jane Eyre.' Charlotte Bronte's dialogue, the intellectual duel between Rochester and Jane Eyre's character, is so… — 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
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
It's easy to make something avant garde. To do something in the traditional way is much more brave in the sense that… — 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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
When you have a script, and you're discussing what it can be, and who going to play what role, that's a kind… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Casting directors I don't think are the best in Mexico at street casting. Whereas, I think, in New York and in L.A.,… — 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
Have you seen McConaughey in 'Unsolved Mysteries?' Even back then, it's a great performance! And he's mowing the lawn. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
It's rare that you can promote a love story and feel fear in a film. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think any character has to be well-rounded, whether they are male or female - they have to be complex and make… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Obviously, a lot of TV shows are based on chronological episode viewing, and the stories are contingent upon watching it in order.… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Increasingly, there's much better material on television, but there's not always the time and money to make it, so you've got to… — 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
