“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 not my schtick.” PeopleSpeakChatterbox Author: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 theres certainly a kind of avant-garde, abstract, existential element to it.” KindTasteElementsAbstractFilmmakingExistentialAvant Garde Author: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 very nature, we control that, and this system is there as representation of us.” PeopleStatesGovernmentAmericaUnitedUnited StatesPrintRepresentationUnited States Of America Author: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 youth, which were far more commercial.” ThinkingFeelsKindFilmLinesWalksYouthProud Author:J. C. Chandor
“I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working.” CitiesNew YorkGrewDadGrew UpEnglandMy DadLondonNew York City Author: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 it.” FilmGrowsGrowing UpMy Family Author:J. C. Chandor
“When you're on a boat, it is this tiny little island where you have to be completely self-sufficient.” LittlesSelfTinyBoatIslandsSufficientSelf Sufficient Author: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 beyond my role of understanding.” BigsGuyUnderstandingViewsRolesDirectorsCaricaturesMovie Director Author: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. And that I can’t do.” FeelsI CanEndsWholeScaryWhole LifeViolentStaying Author:J. C. Chandor