I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood. Ira Sachs Read Quote
I grew up thinking there was something called ‘independent film,’ which I wouldn’t necessarily have had access to if there wasn’t Sundance. Ira Sachs Read Quote
I think it’s interesting: What is the generational effect of the experience of being a gay person in America? For my generation, it was very difficult. Ira Sachs Read Quote
I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same. Ira Sachs Read Quote
Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level. Ira Sachs Read Quote
How to Survive a Plague’ is history-telling at its best. It’s a film I’ll show my two children, now toddlers, when they are old enough to understand. It’s a movie that I cannot forget. Ira Sachs Read Quote