“If you have something really important you want to say, you have to read your audience, I guess.” IfsWantImportantAudience Author:Cary Fukunaga
“If you really want to tell someone you love them, you don't just go and blurt it out. There's a dance. And your movie does that.” IfsWantDoeOne You LoveSomeone You LoveTelling Someone You Love Them Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to work.” PeopleIfsShouldVulnerabilityOpennessGoing To WorkLulls Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I have aspirations of making a big, historical epic. I don't know if I'll ever get the money to do it.” IfsKnowsBigsHistoricalAspirationEpic Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I definitely pay attention to details. I think one of the hardest things about making a movie is that it can be scrutinized over and over again. If anything just isn't right, it's going to take you out of the film.” IfsThinkingFilmPayAttentionDetailsHardestPay AttentionHardest ThingAttention To Detail Author:Cary Fukunaga
“A period romance film with elements of horror. That was successful, because I feel like Coppola's DRACULA was one or the other. You know? It was never scary it was never a film he got invested in the romance of the characters. He understood it, but he never got invested. So it as a challenge for me to see if I could do that, I still don't know how audiences will sort of react to that.” IfsKnowsFeelsStillsCharacterFilmRomanceChallengesAudienceKnow HowSuccessfulPeriodsHorrorElementsUnderstoodScaryIf I Could Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I'm the kind of person where you're never done, you just keep perfecting and perfecting and perfecting, or trying to fix things that drive you crazy. Often times when you watch a film, "if I could just get through this minute, I'll be fine." So I think I'm just hard on myself.” IfsThinkingTryingKindPersonsHardDoneFilmWatchesCrazyMinutesFineIf I Could Author:Cary Fukunaga
“The only pressure is the pressure I put on myself, that's up to be I guess to mitigate that. I think there's always pressure that you make the right choice for the next film. You don't know what the outcome is gonna be, there's always potential to find length to your career as well. Now I'm so far from any other job skills that if I don't make movies.” IfsThinkingKnowsWellsJobsFilmChoicesNextCareersSkillsPressureOutcomesLengthRight ChoicesMake The Right Choice Author:Cary Fukunaga
