J. C. Chandor Quotes

I grew up watching a lot of film.

I did not go to film school.

I am a film buff.

I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it.

You would be surprised of films that people just don't see. You know what I mean? I'm always working and I'm a film buff but I'm an old school film buff.

I was never interested in film. Never. I never even thought of it. I wasn't even a film buff, I didn't see many films ever.

I didn't go to film school.

Basically, I am a huge film buff and love watching all kinds of films.

For me, cinema is very important. I grew up with television; then, as a teenager, you discover cinema.

I grew up in a film lovers' family and I have been watching the best of world cinema from age six.

I think when I got drawn to film, I didn't know it was a business. I mean, like most filmmakers, I probably saw more films than a lot of people when I was a kid. But I watched them on TV as well. I was no purist about it. I spent lots of time in movie theaters, but I also watched a lot of films on TV.

I think I can try the film world out for a while.

Though I technically come from a film family, my father had stopped making films even before my brother and I were born. So I did not really grow up in a filmi environment. And when I was growing up, becoming an actress was still quite a taboo. And you may not believe this, but even my father did not want me to join films.

Personally, I don't know what I'd do without films.

I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.

I wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world.

I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

I didn't grow up in politics.

I was brought up on American films.

I don't know anything about the film industry. I thought I knew films, but apparently, I don't know films or people!

Film is a very specific world in which I don't think you really need to go to film school.

I feel extremely secure to be part of the film industry.

I wasn't a film buff.

I did not have any inclination towards cinema. The atmosphere at home was not filmy, and we would never discuss anything related to films.

I lived within walking distance of Harvard Square, and that's where I discovered my love of cinema. I saw a lot of foreign and independent films there.