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" I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and in a way, they are catching up. They are thrown into things. "

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" Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I'm interested in. That's what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn't be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member. "

Ira Sachs

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People

" I think it's interesting: What is the generational effect of the experience of being a gay person in America? For my generation, it was very difficult. "

" Seeing the road show of 'A Chorus Line' in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay people, on the stage, and they all lived in New York. "

Ira Sachs

People

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" Most simply but profoundly, I chose to live an honest life, which I think as a gay person is not a given. "

" I don't think I'd ever start making a film until I had both the intimacy with the subject and the distance to make it live in a certain way. "

" I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same. "

" By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater. "

" I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance. "

" As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor does. "

" One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling. "

" I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that's allowed... so you film reactions; you don't create them. "

" By 1988, I was living in New York myself. "

" I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious. "

" I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from. "

" Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema. "

" As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work. "

" Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema. "

" Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level. "

" I've been hiding crucial events in my life since I was 13. "

" You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself. "

" I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.' "

" A lot of what I think I do as a director is try to give everything over to the actor. So I disappear. "

" All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on. "

Ira Sachs

Films

Been

" Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of. "

" What I loved about 'Goodfellas' is that it's a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment - but it doesn't actually shy away from the consequences of that behavior in the characters' lives, which I think is similar in 'Keep the Lights On.' "

" Every film is hard to fund. "

" There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age. "

" Without community events like NewFest, I don't think we'd have a queer cinema in America. "

Ira Sachs

Think

Community

" What's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life. "

Ira Sachs

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Present

" Being an artist is in part an act of rupture. "