Quotes by Cary Fukunaga

About Cary Fukunaga:

Cary Joji Fukunaga is an American film director, writer, and cinematographer. He is known for writing and directing the 2009 film Sin Nombre, the 2011 film Jane Eyre and for directing and executive producing the first season of the HBO series True Detective, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
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'City of God' and 'Slumdog Millionaire' are both films that I really like, but they are stylistically the opposite of what I wanted to do.

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I've certainly never been dying to go to England my entire life.

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When I was a kid, I knew the black and white version of 'Jane Eyre,' and I guess I became interested in the idea of romantic love - of unrequited love and the tragedies of that; of what are the important things in life; what should one value over oth...

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I love the idea of 3D, but it's completely superfluous to most stories.

Cary Fukunaga

I love period pieces. But it's hard to get money to make costumed dramas, so we'll see.

Cary Fukunaga

I've written immense love letters that are supposed to be opened over days at a time.

Cary Fukunaga

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.

Cary Fukunaga

I didn't grow up watching detective shows. I've never even seen an episode of 'CSI.'

Cary Fukunaga

I think the semantics of mini-series for a network is that it has an end.

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After 'Sin Nombre,' I just needed to take a break to go to completely different worlds.

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I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.

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I live in Brooklyn, New York, and hail from the 'East Bay,' Oakland, CA.

Cary Fukunaga

I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

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I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be identifiable.

Cary Fukunaga

I don't really put trophies out. I don't keep trophies around my apartment.

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I eventually want to do writing on all the films, but not necessarily to be the writer. Writing is a painful, painful thing; it really is.

Cary Fukunaga

I'm clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I'm really not meant for anything but behind the camera.

Cary Fukunaga

I'll definitely say that, before film school, I didn't have much of a film-history background. I didn't know much about classic cinema.

Cary Fukunaga

I'm definitely sensitive to the idea of exploitation. You don't want to glamorize certain things.

Cary Fukunaga

Ed Norton is probably one of the smartest people I've ever met.

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I have these plants in my house that are dying, so having a robot butler to water them when I'm away would be pretty handy.

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Author Bio

  • NameCary Fukunaga
  • DescriptionAmerican film director, writer, and cinematographer
  • BornJuly 10, 1977
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Cinematographer
  • AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award