Cary Fukunaga Quotes

I like to produce my own movies.

I want to make movies that I would want to watch as a fan.

I have an amazing team; I have amazing producers; I have amazing writers, but at the end of it, it's me making the decisions on the writing, the tone, the editing.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control.

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.

I love the visual medium of film and TV. I love the science of it, working with the sound and the lighting and every aspect.

All my films have been larger-than-life. And since I've sat on almost all the scripts of the films I've produced, I do not compromise on aesthetics and visuals that could add to a scene.

I have always believed that facilitating good, unusual content should be one of my prerogatives as someone who has spent half his life in cinema.

I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.

But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that's a big difference.

I can't imagine directing from someone else's script.

Absolutely. I can produce. I can write. I can direct.

There are a lot of similarities with film and TV, but also a lot of differences, especially in the way they film stuff.

If the studio wants to spend money on making your movie better, let them.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.

I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates.

I still have my talent to produce and direct.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films.

If you are making a record, you are the one saying 'action', and you are the one saying 'cut,' and you have to be sure that the most interesting thing is not going on outside the frame.