Cameras Quote by Derek Cianfrance

“It happens sometimes that when someone has a camera, they change; sometimes they change for the better.”

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Yeah as the director I consider myself to be the coach, and my actors are my players. So I have to show them how…

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I always say writing is like dreaming, shooting is like living, and editing is like murder, because you take all these gifts that actors…

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From making documentaries all these years, it doesn't feel right to lead someone. In narratives, I'm always trying to shoot as though it's really…

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You can never maintain just pure happiness. In my life, I want full emotion. I want equal parts happiness and sadness.

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I don't really collect anything. I grew up in a family that collected things and then they'd get sick and people die and then…

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I tell the actors that the biggest gift they can give me is to fail. And that the second gift they can give me…

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I love crosscut parallel storytelling, like we did in Blue Valentine. I love how Alejandro González Iñárritu has done it, and Quentin Tarantino, and…

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There's one rule that I have on my movies, which is that anything that you want to do, you can do. But! There's a…

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There's something so glorious in giving control to the world. I think that's what I'm trying to do in my films-control the world but…

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Sidney Lumet is one of my favorite filmmakers. I feel like his approach to filmmaking was always so human. He was always making movies…

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Making a film is like making a mixtape. You're collecting all this stuff and putting your favorite stuff into it: you have actors that…

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My personal interest in ordinary people is unlimited, but I am fascinated by the challenge of portraying true greatness adequately with my camera.

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