Home / Quotes / Quote by St. Lucia

Quote by St. Lucia

“I think I was just too young to even understand what was going on. When I was still living in South Africa, there was still so much racial tension.”

Quote by St. Lucia

Author

St. Lucia is a musician whose life and musical achievements remain relatively unknown. more

You May Also Like

“The racial conversation in the States is so multifaceted and multilayered. Obviously it's not always a positive conversation, but it's just so much more detailed than it was when I was growing up in South Africa.”

States Growing Up Growing Conversation South South Africa

Author:St. Lucia

“I grew up in the indie world and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.”

World Want Film Used Behinds Grew Grew Up Incredibles

Author:Maika Monroe

“I want to work hard, and when good roles come along I don't want to pass them up.”

Want Hard Roles Hard Work

Author:Maika Monroe

“You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.”

Author:Maika Monroe

“I like to think that I've grown as an actor and things have changed, and I think so.”

Thinking Actors Changed Things Have Changed

Author:Maika Monroe

“We don't see many films in which someone with schizophrenia is the main character.”

Character Film Schizophrenia Main Characters

Author:Brian Lindstrom

“It can be difficult to present mental illness in film without resorting to devices that, if not handled well, can seem heavy-handed or cliché.”

Ifs Wells Seems Film Difficult Illness Heavy Mental Illness Devices

Author:Brian Lindstrom

“My grandpa could go days, weeks, even months without a drink but if he took that first drink, he couldn't stop. Once, when I was twelve, my mom and I were driving and we saw my grandpa staggering drunk down the street. I asked if we should stop and help him. My mom sadly shook her head and kept driving.”

Ifs Should Firsts Helping Saws Week Streets Mom Months Drink My Mom Driving Drunk Twelve Grandpa Staggering

Author:Brian Lindstrom

“I think in many ways what my films are about is that search for my grandpa's dentures: for that humanizing narrative that bridges the gap between "us" and "them" to arrive at a "we."”

Thinking Way Film Narrative Bridges Gaps Grandpa

Author:Brian Lindstrom

“I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that some people - usually from those rare "normal" families that I longed for as a child and as an adult wonder if they even exist - didn't understand this and sort of looked down their noses at people suffering with addiction.”

People Ifs Way Children Young Suffering Wonder Boys Normal Adults Profound Addiction Noses Alcoholism Normal Family

Author:Brian Lindstrom