As I’ve gotten less righteous, less pedagogic, I have become more loving of the artificiality, the art form, the imitation of life in film. Ira Sachs Read Quote
Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema. Ira Sachs Read Quote
As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work. Ira Sachs Read Quote
I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious. Ira Sachs Read Quote
Without community events like NewFest, I don’t think we’d have a queer cinema in America. Ira Sachs Read Quote
I could not – and I still cannot – see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories. Ira Sachs Read Quote
