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. Cary Fukunaga Read Quote
One of my problems with a lot of things I watch is that everybody’s too pretty, and it takes me out of the film because I’m thinking that all these people look like I’ve seen them in a cafe in Los Angeles. Cary Fukunaga Read Quote
I think about a Richard Avedon photo series, the kind of faces he gets of real people, which I find so captivating. Fellini was also great in filling his films with this ambiance, this environment, sometimes chaotic and carnival-like, but people’s faces were always amazing. Cary Fukunaga Read Quote
My dad is from Japanese descent, my mom is from Swedish descent and, through marriages and divorces, a pretty multicultural family – a lot of Spanish speakers in the family. Cary Fukunaga Read Quote
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. Cary Fukunaga Read Quote
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. Cary Fukunaga Read Quote
Going from having an Atari to a laptop changed everything. It allows me to work anywhere I want and send my work home – I can work anywhere in the world. Cary Fukunaga Read Quote
I think I have this field around me that makes electronics work bad. It’s not like an entropy thing; it happens very quickly. Cary Fukunaga Read Quote
I think the only reason people use PCs is because they have to. Mac is the most streamlined computer there is. I started using the Mac in college because I was doing editing, and they were the only computers we could use to do that. Cary Fukunaga Read Quote
