“My mind is in so many different places while we're shooting. Part of it is watching the performance, part of it is watching the camera, and part of it is thinking about the stuff that we have to get that day. It's always a pleasure watching, but you also take it for granted, when you're on the actual grind, making the show.” ThinkingMindDifferentShowsStuffPleasurePerformancesCamerasGrantedShootingGrindDifferent Place Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Even on my films, I always collaborate with the actors. That's a given. I think you need that. You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do, to get the most out of everyone's potential.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsStoriesFilmActorsGivenPerformancesOwnership 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
“As a director, your job is to make sure no one for any reason is taken out of the film. Sometimes it's impossible and sometimes things don't come out the way you want them to, but I think you have to work really hard at making the world engrossing and details are a major part of that.” ThinkingWorldWayWantSometimesHardReasonJobsFilmTakenImpossibleDirectorsMajorsDetails Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I think that one of the most exciting things about making films is the sort of reaching out to the world. It's as an ambassador. You realize the more you travel that you are a cultural ambassador for your own country. You never become more patriotic than you do living abroad.” ThinkingWorldCountryFilmRealizingExcitingReachingPatrioticReach OutAmbassadorsExciting ThingsLiving Abroad Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I don't think I'd ever write anything that I don't also direct just because it's so hard and painful to write as it is.” ThinkingWritingHardDirectPainful Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Levity, you need levity to feel anything. You need to laugh before you cry. I think films that take themselves too seriously without any levity are missing an important ingredient to the potential emotional impact of their stories.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsImportantStoriesFilmLaughingMissingCryEmotionalImpactIngredientsLevity Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Everyone wants to be liked, so of course you want critical acclaim. After that, box office acclaim isn't bad. More than anything I think you have to try and make something you're proud of.” ThinkingWantTryingCoursesProudOfficeBoxesCriticalBox OfficeAcclaim 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
“They're always surprised with what I want to do and don't want to do. I think they're surprised I don't want to do robo-tech. I don't know, it's like they want me to have a long career. And be prolific and make big movies.” ThinkingKnowsWantLongBigsCareersWant MeBig MovieLong Careers 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
“All I kept thinking about was, "Man, he's so relaxed onstage! I'm never going to be that relaxed! I'm clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I'm really not meant for anything but behind the camera."” ThinkingMenBehindsFrontsCamerasMeant To BeRelaxed Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I think auditions are set up for failure because they're not really the set experience. There's no time to develop the character. You're just looking at someone... if someone's really good in an audition, sometimes they're not good in the film. It's something you learn when you're doing short films. It's the same way that some people do well at taking tests and some people don't. But when you're on a long-term filmmaking process it's a completely different feeling.” PeopleThinkingDifferentSometimesCharacterFeelingsFilmFilmmakingShort Films Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I don't know what I am on set. I can be many different things on set depending on how stressful a situation is. But at the end of the day we're making movies, we're not saving the world... we're not an army, no one's lives are at risk and we're just trying to make art, so I think as long as you keep reminding yourself that's what it's about you can have fun.” ThinkingWorldTryingLongArtDifferentFunSituationRiskArmyHaving FunStressfulSave The World Author:Cary Fukunaga
“When you think about being a director, you think about writing stories, putting the camera in interesting places and directing the actors to get your vision, but it's hard to imagine even this process... sitting here nine months later talking about the film and talking about it 20 times in one day. You don't even think about the part where you come to the set every morning and everyone's looking at you to see your mood in order to see what the day is going to be like, and the influence that you wield.” ThinkingWritingFilmInterestingVisionMorningImagineInfluenceOne DayMoodEvery Morning Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I think it's a fascinating thing to see how lonely people are in this world and what they're looking for. It's a universal concept. So, it's something that interests me and I'll probably revisit it if I get the chance to do the child soldier film because I think it's one of the most important scripts I've written. It's just too dark to do as a film right now. I need to do something a bit different.” PeopleThinkingWorldChildrenImportantDifferentFilmInterestDarkChanceLonelySoldierLonely People Author:Cary Fukunaga
“If you think of most murders as being between people who know each other, it's very easy to figure out who the killer is. But when you have a murder that appears random, where the person is not someone that's within the known radius of the victim, then it's much, much more difficult to solve.” PeopleThinkingEasyDifficultMurderVictim Author:Cary Fukunaga
