You will never go wrong with actually photographing process. It’s primitive. Humans love to see the bipedal animal in us finish things. We just like it! Debra Granik Read Quote
I’m doing my best to stay off that financing scheme that relies on this one strip of capital, which is the red carpet. And – no sob story – but it’s hard. It takes a while. Debra Granik Read Quote
I’m looking for a living wage and to continue my work. The frustration comes from when I can’t do the things that matter most to me. It’s when someone comes and says, ‘I will finance your movie if you cast so and so.’ Debra Granik Read Quote
It can’t change anything immediately, but films can absolutely be catalysts for conversation. Debra Granik Read Quote
I’m interested in the lives of Americans for whom the ways this culture has tried to define itself – that is, self-esteem defined by material wealth – they have nothing to do with that. Debra Granik Read Quote
People need meeting places. You need places where ideas get exchanged and you see each other’s faces once in a while. Debra Granik Read Quote
I get very caught up in the day-to-day and immersed in the scenes as they unfold. It’s harder for me, as I’m filming, to see the larger story. Debra Granik Read Quote
I’m always looking for instances of people doing things for and with each other for pleasure, for passion, for camaraderie, from kindness. It’s the anthropology of people figuring how to punctuate life with the lyrical. Debra Granik Read Quote
When I’m interested in an aspect of someone’s life, I want to ask about their experiences, their survival strategies, and what they do to keep their lives interesting. Debra Granik Read Quote
