I live in Brooklyn, New York, and hail from the 'East Bay,' Oakland, CA. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
You have to tease enough misinformation and lack of information to hopefully make people want more. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
You're always against the clock. But really just fighting for quality. — Cary Fukunaga Clock Copy Share Image
I'm terrible at making titles. I never like the titles of my films. — Cary Fukunaga Cinema Copy Share Image
I have a really good relationship with Focus Features; we had a wonderful time working together on 'Sin Nombre.' — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
New York is perfect for Tanizaki because it's filled with so many dark spaces. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
'Victoria Para Chino,' my 2nd-year film at NYU, gave birth to 'Sin Nombre.' — Cary Fukunaga Birth Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up watching detective shows. I've never even seen an episode of 'CSI.' — Cary Fukunaga Detective 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 Collaborations Copy Share Image
One of my problems with a lot of things I watch is that everybody's too pretty, and it takes me out of… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I don't storyboard, and I don't really shot list. I let the shots be determined by how the actors and I figure… — Cary Fukunaga Actor 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
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 Actor Copy Share Image
'Sin Nombre' was almost like the adolescent version of 'Jane Eyre.' 'Jane Eyre' sort of picks up where 'Sin Nombre' ends. It's… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
The authenticity aspect is pretty important to me. When we have to compromise and do something that's not authentic, it really rubs… — 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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
It's pretty awesome to see people dressed up in period clothing and running around on horses and in carriages and all that… — 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… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of person where you're never done, you just keep perfecting and perfecting and perfecting, or trying to fix things… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think that one of the most exciting things about making films is the sort of reaching out to the world. It's… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think auditions are set up for failure because they're not really the set experience. There's no time to develop the character.… — Cary Fukunaga Audition Copy Share Image
To be straight, I was kind of a dork, and in order to fulfill the creative fires burning inside me, I participated… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I've never watched my films with an everyday audience so it was really crazy to watch people clap at the end of… — Cary Fukunaga Audience 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
After 'Sin Nombre,' I just needed to take a break to go to completely different worlds. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you. — Cary Fukunaga Life Copy Share Image
I want to be happy while I make movies and not just do things just to work. I want to do things… — Cary Fukunaga Film 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
When you know you have a certain amount of work to finish, you just don't allow yourself to get sick again. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I'm never more miserable than when I write, and never more happy than having finished and having it sitting in front of… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
It's a treat and daunting to be directing someone like Judi Dench, who's made more films than I'll ever make in my… — Cary Fukunaga Cinema Copy Share Image
I've been wanting to make a movie about the war in Sierra Leone, specifically, for more than 15 years. — Cary Fukunaga Movie Copy Share Image
I'm clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I'm really not meant for anything but behind the camera. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Sundance took me on my first film and from there sort of launched my career. — Cary Fukunaga Career Copy Share Image
If you have something really important you want to say, you have to read your audience, I guess. — Cary Fukunaga Audience Copy Share Image
I think I have this field around me that makes electronics work bad. It's not like an entropy thing; it happens very… — 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 Cinema Copy Share Image
I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
If you really want to tell someone you love them, you don't just go and blurt it out. There's a dance. And… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
