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“When working on and writing a film, I'm often more of a sponge than other times, aware of what's going on around me.”

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Ira Sachs is an American filmmaker known for his profound character portrayals and keen insight into urban life. His films often focus on the LGBTQ+ community and the life of New York City, with movies like 'Keep the Lights On' and 'Frankie' receiving widespread acclaim. more

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“To come to change, there had to be conflict and pain.”

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“My early films were about self discovery, and films of internal conflict. At that level, they were very personal.”

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“I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.”

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“I do love the young adult novels as a form and genre, because it has a purity of intention and heart.”

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“The praise helps on a deep level, which gives you the grounding that encourages you to trust yourself. On another level, each film is a risk, and the praise doesn't save you from that risk.”

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“I definitely understood the feeling of moving to Los Angeles and having a dream to be an actor in films and to get to be a part of things that I loved and inspire people in some way.”

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“I'm not a writer. I haven't written anything.”

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“The Democratic Party is a coalition. Its strength and its weakness is, it's a coalition of interest groups, caucuses. It's a lot less homogeneous than the Republican Party, where people tend to believe the same things and oftentimes look alike.”

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“The Democrats have this high level of expectation of what government can do.”

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“You have a country that is 20 percent liberal, 40 percent conservative. You have a country where maybe 22 percent have faith in government. If you're a liberal, it's just going to be tough. And you should just expect that. And it's tough for people on the right, too, because they don't get what they want either if you're, say, a libertarian. So, you have got the country sort of against you. And, nevertheless, you have a president.”

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