I’d love to do a comedy – something where a character has to use humor to navigate the absurdities of life. Debra Granik Read Quote
My first camera job was filming workplace safety videos, which involved months of watching and videotaping people doing their jobs. I was hooked – from there, I wanted to know where they lived and the rest of their habits and desires. Debra Granik Read Quote
My first narrative films developed out of a documentary process – finding someone who was willing to be filmed, watching, listening, taking copious notes and many hours of video footage. Debra Granik Read Quote
When I read Daniel Woodrell’s novel ‘Winter’s Bone,’ I was drawn to the characters, the setting, and the sound of the dialog. Debra Granik Read Quote
I need and want to see capable women. I don’t like to see them weep all the time. Debra Granik Read Quote
Action films don’t speak to me, because that’s not my skill set. I also have a lot of stipulations about stories I don’t want to perpetuate, ones that bring me down or make me feel like life’s not worth living. Debra Granik Read Quote
I swing with a lot of torque from non-fiction to fiction, and I really like that place in between. Debra Granik Read Quote
What does it really mean to have something change in you very late in your life, after you’ve structured your life in a different way? What does it mean to be someone who has had a history of sometimes reckless living, and then to really want to change yourself? Debra Granik Read Quote
I will always face the conundrum that the subjects I’m attracted to aren’t essentially commercial. Debra Granik Read Quote
