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Antoine Fuqua
Antoine Fuqua
American Director
Born: Jan 19, 1966
Me People Think Work World You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
Each time you see a Western movie, it's a good reflection of where things are in the world at that time. It's probably one of the purest forms of cinema that really tells you where the world is. Antoine Fuqua
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My responsibility is, I'm always trying to look for new people of color or even artistic people who need a chance. Antoine Fuqua
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I like the opportunity to make films. Antoine Fuqua
Opportunity Films Like Make
I like making movies. Antoine Fuqua
Like Making Making Movies Movies
Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream. Antoine Fuqua
Love Me You Made Films Kid Dream Could Make How Kurosawa Up Just Being Influence Movies Sergio Growing Growing Up Watching
The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicated answer is, I think I'd be in some sort of military or government world of some sort. Antoine Fuqua
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I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies. Antoine Fuqua
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'Cause movies are human drama, that's it. Antoine Fuqua
Cause Drama Human Movies
I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism. Antoine Fuqua
Own My Own Mysticism Mythology Joseph Studying Campbell Just Started
I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Explore things. Feed your artist. Antoine Fuqua
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The challenge for a director - and I think a lot of directors feel the same way - is that today we have to put on a producer's hat, too. Meaning, you have to sometimes think of it being 'business show,' not just 'show business.' Antoine Fuqua
Today You Business Director Sometimes Challenge Think Too Way Hat Directors Put Feel Lot Same Just Being Meaning Producer Show Show Business
I watched the 'Seven Samurai' a lot because I loved it growing up. I can't describe to you how powerful that was. When you're a kid, you can't watch an almost-three-hour movie, but this was a war I just never saw before, with these samurai. I could relate to it, just being poor. Antoine Fuqua
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If you win, if you make money. If you do quality work, then other people of color, whatever color that is, can get in the door. Antoine Fuqua
Work You Quality People Money Win Whatever Other Color Make Get Door Then
Every time I look through the lens with Denzel, I'm like a 12-year-old kid. It's hard for me to look at the monitor because the fun is in watching him. Antoine Fuqua
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I grew up watching 'Rocky.' I still love that movie, the original one. Antoine Fuqua
Love Still Rocky Up Movie Grew Original Watching
I don't understand why we give up genres, and the Western is a great genre. It's a part of the rich history of cinema and who we are as we've evolved as people, as a community. Antoine Fuqua
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You have to feed your soul and spirit, but you also have to be a professional and remember the business that you're in. Everything is not your passion project. Antoine Fuqua
You Business Soul Remember Passion Everything Project Spirit Feed Also Your Professional
I box every day. I have a gym built wherever I go, so I still got my gym. Every day, I try to get in there and work out the mitts. Antoine Fuqua
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I think men under pressure - I mean, that's what brings out the worst and the best of us. I like to explore that quite a bit in my characters because I don't see a lot of it on the screen that moved me like the films that I grew up with - that are honest, at least, about honest emotions and honest heroism. Antoine Fuqua
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I grew up an athlete, growing up in Pittsburgh. I played basketball. I played football. I played a little bit of baseball in my earlier years. Antoine Fuqua
Bit Athlete Football Years Up Grew Pittsburgh Little Little Bit Baseball Growing Growing Up Earlier Played Basketball
I was a fan of baseball growing up. We played baseball; I used to play in an A&P parking lot. It wasn't always easy to find a good baseball field to play in. Antoine Fuqua
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If Prince decided that he liked you, or he liked your art or what you brought to the table, it wasn't something that ended. It was a continuation of that thing until he went to the next thing. Antoine Fuqua
Art You Table Brought Something He Prince Liked Until Continuation Ended Decided Next Your Next Thing Thing
Denzel's all about the work. He's all about the acting. He's an actor. He'll tell you himself, 'I'm not a movie star, celebrity, something else. I'm an actor.' He steps on a set, that's what he is, and that's what he gives you. He gives his heart. Antoine Fuqua
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I'd like to think that the door is always open for just the best actor for the role, you know? Race or gender shouldn't have anything to do with it, unless the character or story is focused on that for some particular reason. Antoine Fuqua
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Making a movie to entertain people, that's just as important as telling people about our stories. Antoine Fuqua
People Important Our Telling Entertain Entertain People About Making Just Movie Stories
We've been fighting our whole lives to say we're just human beings like everyone else. When we start separating ourselves in our work, that doesn't help the cause. I've heard it for years: 'How do you feel being a black filmmaker?' I'm not a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker. I'm a black man, I have black children. But I'm just a filmmaker. Antoine Fuqua
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