Cary Fukunaga Quotes

Government is really successful when it's willing to make big, bold objectives, like, 'We're going to get to the moon.' But without leaders with big ideas, we get stuck.

Think big; think disruptive. Execute with full passion.

We have a mantra at the Big Machine Label Group: Start with crazy and work backward.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

I'm a visionary. I'm not a maintenance person.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business.

Big ideas we tend to like are the ones that seem impossible or crazy.

It's so important to adapt, think outside the box, and stay ahead if you want to grow.

You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Moonshots live in that place between audacious projects and pure science fiction.

I am an expert in the 'art of the possible.'

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

As entrepreneurs, we must constantly dream and have the conviction and obsession to transform our dreams into reality - to create a future that never existed before.

I think I would do a much better job if I had a chance to do things that were edgier than I get to do in comedies.

Making a moonshot is almost more an exercise in creativity than it is in technology.

I don't have big ideas. I sometimes have small ideas, which seem to work out.

When you have an employee who's innovative in your organization, what are they thinking about in the shower? If they're working in an exciting place, they're not thinking what they're going to do over the weekend. They're thinking: 'How do I solve that problem?'

We want people who work for us to be entrepreneurs. We like them to look at ideas. We like them to chase ideas. We like them to not be what I call a caretaker of an asset.

We're looking for people who are working on things that seem out of reach, uncomfortably difficult.

Luckily, unreasonable expectations go hand in hand with naive young scientists. The more naive the better - otherwise we would never have the audacity to try and build a 22,000-mile-high space elevator or some sprawling underwater hotel.

I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system somehow. I think he kind of had it all figured out.

The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.

We're always looking for candidates that have new approaches to problems.