Antoine Fuqua

I love movies; I grew up loving movies. I've always loved movies. I never thought about making movies until I took art…

— Antoine Fuqua

The violence you witness is Denzel doing it and we're taking some visual effects and doing some things and you see something…

— Antoine Fuqua

I like making movies.

— Antoine Fuqua

There are many stories of people didn't set out to make a film that became a classic - the whole process was…

— Antoine Fuqua

The outsider hero is hero riding into town, he's the gunslinger, shame - the same thing, he didn't want to do it…

— Antoine Fuqua

Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting…

— Antoine Fuqua

I take them seriously but I try not to read them. I take them personally, that's why I don't read them. I…

— Antoine Fuqua

I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism.

— Antoine Fuqua

I don't think I've seen that sort of character in a long time in this genre because again, there was a time…

— Antoine Fuqua

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also…

— Antoine Fuqua

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

— Antoine Fuqua

If I'm going to see my mom, I'm going to church!

— Antoine Fuqua

Tupac Shakur is something that, of course I want to make the Tupac movie, I love Tupac, but when that movie was…

— Antoine Fuqua

It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark…

— Antoine Fuqua

I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are.…

— Antoine Fuqua

My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes…

— Antoine Fuqua

I like the opportunity to make films.

— Antoine Fuqua

But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.

— Antoine Fuqua

'Cause movies are human drama, that's it.

— Antoine Fuqua

I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see.

— Antoine Fuqua

How do you capture the drama of a Rembrandt painting in a movie? How do you feel that moment that they captured…

— Antoine Fuqua

Well, I mean, the original is certainly the jump-off, it certainly is what it is, you know, I grew up around that…

— Antoine Fuqua

You want to take yourself seriously, and you want to make something that you hope will have resonance with the audience. You…

— Antoine Fuqua

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

— Antoine Fuqua

It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea…

— Antoine Fuqua