As a writer, I had learned a lot on ‘Margin Call’ about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness. J. C. Chandor Read Quote
I don’t know how you make decisions in your life, but I weigh lots of things, and it’s not always the purest of things for why I take a job or do this. I always try to think of the many different factors in my life, and not one is pure greed. One is pure quality of life. J. C. Chandor Read Quote
I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working. J. C. Chandor Read Quote
I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it. J. C. Chandor Read Quote
I think my films kind of walk this line that I’m proud of, that they feel sort of like films of my youth, which were far more commercial. J. C. Chandor Read Quote
The original Spencer Tracy version of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ was always terribly flawed because of the over-reliance on voice over, but it’s still a beautiful movie. J. C. Chandor Read Quote
When I’m writing a movie, it’s usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being a writer-director. J. C. Chandor Read Quote
I wrote ‘All is Lost’ while editing ‘Margin Call’. I did that long before I knew if I was ever going to get to make another movie. J. C. Chandor Read Quote
That’s what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can’t. It gives you this very immersive moment. J. C. Chandor Read Quote
When I have people around, I’m a chatterbox. But when I’m alone, I never speak. I don’t talk to myself; it’s just not my schtick. J. C. Chandor Read Quote
