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" 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.' "
Ira Sachs
Courage
Hello
Remember
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" I always hope that people feel less alone when they see a movie that I make. That some part of the story played out on the big screen will resonate for individuals in the audience in a way that gives them comfort. "
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" My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal & Lumber that was one of only two or three restaurants at that time. Park City was a sleepy little mining town, with not a condo in sight. "
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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. "
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" I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make. "
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" Every film is hard to fund. "
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" You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic. "
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" I think there's a fear of difference in American cinema. "
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" I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance. "
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" What's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life. "
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" 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. "
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" All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That's what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment. "
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" Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of. "
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" I've been close to two or three couples, gay and straight, who have been together for 45 years. "
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" I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from. "
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" As a gay person, my life has been marginalized. "
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" Without community events like NewFest, I don't think we'd have a queer cinema in America. "
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" Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job. "
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" By 1988, I was living in New York myself. "
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" I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student. "
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" I've been hiding crucial events in my life since I was 13. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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