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" I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set. "
Cary Fukunaga
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" I didn't grow up watching detective shows. I've never even seen an episode of 'CSI.' "
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" Obviously, a lot of TV shows are based on chronological episode viewing, and the stories are contingent upon watching it in order. Syndicated shows, you don't have to watch in order. You're just watching characters that don't change that much. "
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" Every single substitute teacher growing up could not pronounce my name, so whenever someone pauses, I'm like, 'Oh, that's me.' "
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" It's easy to make something avant garde. To do something in the traditional way is much more brave in the sense that you're - your technique is so much more exposed because there's not all this flashy stuff to distract the viewer. "
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" My mom was married to a Mexican guy - a surfer - and so we'd kind of camp out on the beach the swell season. "
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" When you have a script, and you're discussing what it can be, and who going to play what role, that's a kind of like a fantasy football game. You can imagine these different dream teams interpreting these characters that only exist in your head. "
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" Have you seen McConaughey in 'Unsolved Mysteries?' Even back then, it's a great performance! And he's mowing the lawn. "
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" I think I have this field around me that makes electronics work bad. It's not like an entropy thing; it happens very quickly. "
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" I have a really good relationship with Focus Features; we had a wonderful time working together on 'Sin Nombre.' "
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" The problem with being a writer/director: unless you're really disciplined, you start adding projects, and you have to make time to make them. Because you have to write them... no one else is writing them for me. "
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" My grandma was really sick when I was working on 'Sin Nombre' and eventually died that summer when we were finishing the film. But I was able to bring an unfinished version of the film for her to watch. "
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" When I see an image in my head that compels me, where there's this mystery about what's going to happen next or could happen next, I'll be intrigued. There are so many scripts that you read, and you know exactly what's going to happen, and there aren't too many where you can't tell within the first 20 pages where it's going. "
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" New York is perfect for Tanizaki because it's filled with so many dark spaces. "
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" 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. Part of it is just making sure we all have the same vision. "
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" I'll definitely say that, before film school, I didn't have much of a film-history background. I didn't know much about classic cinema. "
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