Ira Sachs Quotes

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• All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That’s what I love about cinema. It changes in the…
• New York grabbed me too hard, as did adulthood.
• Most simply but profoundly, I chose to live an honest life, which I think as a gay person is not a given.
• For me, every film is actually a form of documentary.
• As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.
• Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.
• As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of…
• I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
• You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself.
• My films might have been queer - because I was - but they were not gay.
• Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.
• I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories.
• I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years…
• Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and…
• Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
• For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
• I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
• Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level.
• By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater.
• Working on the Obama campaign was a life-changer for me. I realized during that campaign that structure is the name of the game, and so,…

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