J. C. Chandor

That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.

— J. C. Chandor

I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working.

— J. C. Chandor

When it feels scary to jump, that’s exactly when you jump. Otherwise you end up staying the same place your whole life.…

— J. C. Chandor

When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just…

— J. C. Chandor

There is certainly a part of my filmmaking that harkens to a more simpler commercial kind of taste, but then with this…

— J. C. Chandor

To have a second movie that you're proud of and that actually turned out the way you wanted, shot by shot, I…

— J. C. Chandor

I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.

— J. C. Chandor

As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project.…

— J. C. Chandor

Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently…

— J. C. Chandor

I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama,…

— J. C. Chandor

I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to…

— J. C. Chandor

I don't know how you make decisions in your life, but I weigh lots of things, and it's not always the purest…

— J. C. Chandor

When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury…

— J. C. Chandor

When you're on a boat, it is this tiny little island where you have to be completely self-sufficient.

— J. C. Chandor

We print money. The people that print the money is actually us. The government of the United States of America. By its…

— J. C. Chandor

I think my films kind of walk this line that Im proud of, that they feel sort of like films of my…

— J. C. Chandor

The original Spencer Tracy version of 'The Old Man and the Sea' was always terribly flawed because of the over-reliance on voice…

— J. C. Chandor

I had a caricature view of the guy in the beret with the big megaphone­­, but a movie director and writer was…

— J. C. Chandor

I'm a huge fan of the films of the '70s and even into the '80s, Sidney Lumet, all those films that used…

— J. C. Chandor

I wrote 'All is Lost' while editing 'Margin Call'. I did that long before I knew if I was ever going to…

— J. C. Chandor