Cary Fukunaga Quotes

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Cary Fukunaga

Profession : Director

Birth : July 10, 1977

I'm not Mexican, and I'm not Central American. I'm from California.

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My ideas tend to be either really big in terms of like, the logistics, or really small.

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Casting directors I don't think are the best in Mexico at street casting. Whereas, I think, in New York and in L.A., that's more common; not so in Mexico. So it's up to you as a director in a lot of ways to go out and do that.

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

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'Sin Nombre' was almost like the adolescent version of 'Jane Eyre.' 'Jane Eyre' sort of picks up where 'Sin Nombre' ends. It's about this girl who starts off on her own at her lowest point of despair, and she figures out how she got there.

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I think I have this field around me that makes electronics work bad. It's not like an entropy thing; it happens very quickly.

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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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I was a big history buff as a teenager.

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I used to do Civil War re-enacting between the ages of 15 and 19. I was part of a unit that was considered very authentic. We would source the right wools, the right buttons for the costumes. We had the right look.

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I like characters that make choices and try to drive their own fate.

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I don't believe happiness comes out of material gain, for sure.

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

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Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling.

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There are elements to the 19th century which just don't work for contemporary audiences.

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I have a really good relationship with Focus Features; we had a wonderful time working together on 'Sin Nombre.'

Cary Fukunaga

I used to always make art for girls. That was the thing I did for girls to like me. I did portraits, drawings, letters that formed outlines of significant things in our relationship. Art. I just used art in general. It usually worked.

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

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