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
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
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
I love the idea of 3D, but it's completely superfluous to most stories. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I like characters that make choices and try to drive their own fate. — Cary Fukunaga Character 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… — Cary Fukunaga Budgets Copy Share Image
I'm pretty hard to impress, and I'm pretty exacting, in terms of what I want from my props department and art department.… — Cary Fukunaga Art Copy Share Image
I binge write, basically. I do a lot of prep, research, setup. I'll have a pretty detailed outline. Sort of like a… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I'm better suited to be a director, I think. I see myself as the general author. I hate the word 'auteur,' because… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Getting back in the directors chair - there's a sense of like doing something every year. It's not like riding a bike,… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Some directors don't get involved in the cinematography and are just about story, but I'm definitely more tactile than that in terms… — 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
My dad is from Japanese descent, my mom is from Swedish descent and, through marriages and divorces, a pretty multicultural family -… — Cary Fukunaga Dad 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
There's a lot of two-hander dialogue in 'True Detective,' and I needed to place those guys in locations where there were other… — 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
It's just nice to be able to communicate and be able to identify with a lot of different cultures. I have no… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I'd done the method bit before from, like, age 15 to 19. I was a Civil War re-enactor. — Cary Fukunaga Age Copy Share Image
I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be… — Cary Fukunaga Cinema 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
There are elements to the 19th century which just don't work for contemporary audiences. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to… — Cary Fukunaga Film 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
My ideas tend to be either really big in terms of like, the logistics, or really small. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I have aspirations of making a big, historical epic. I don't know if I'll ever get the money to do it. — Cary Fukunaga Aspiration Copy Share Image
It's rare that you can promote a love story and feel fear in a film. — Cary Fukunaga Cinema Copy Share Image
It's so easy for shows to be gritty and handheld and shaky and really tight in people's faces. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I don't really put trophies out. I don't keep trophies around my apartment. — 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
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
Even on my films, I always collaborate with the actors. That's a given. I think you need that. You need the actors… — Cary Fukunaga Actors Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to be liked, so of course you want critical acclaim. After that, box office acclaim isn't bad. More than anything… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I used to do Civil War re-enacting between the ages of 15 and 19. I was part of a unit that was… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
There's nothing better than finishing something and looking at it. Whether it be a script or a movie, it's this complete little… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
