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I don't think people are ever going to a place where they're like, 'I'm over stories about character and love.' Cameron Crowe

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I've been out doing signings and talking to a lot of people, and I'm just really grateful. Cameron Crowe

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I'm always writing. A friend of mine once said, 'You avoid re-writing by writing.' Which is kind of a good point, because re-writing seems to be mostly about craft, and writing is just, like, getting out your passion on a piece of paper. Cameron Crowe

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I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being the flipside of the classic rock tale where great promise ends in tragedy. This is where tragedy begins great promise. Cameron Crowe

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I try and direct environmentally, so that people don't feel like everything is going to depend on what happens when someone says, 'action,' so that they can literally be swimming in the warm water, and at some point the race begins, and at some point the race ends, but it is about being free to swim. Cameron Crowe

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I love actors. Cameron Crowe

Love Actor

Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's something to explain to a more mainstream audience, so you get these passionate writers who want to express their love for rap and hip-hop, which is cool. Cameron Crowe

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I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced. Cameron Crowe

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I think I learned discipline on 'Jane Eyre.' Charlotte Bronte's dialogue, the intellectual duel between Rochester and Jane Eyre's character, is so compelling that you didn't have to do much with the placement of cameras. Cary Fukunaga

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When I see an image in my head that compels me, where there's this mystery about what's going to happen next or could happen next, I'll be intrigued. There are so many scripts that you read, and you know exactly what's going to happen, and there aren't too many where you can't tell within the first 20 pages where it's going. Cary Fukunaga

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'True Detective' would not pass The Bechdel Test. Cary Fukunaga

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My dad worked for a generator company and then UC Berkeley, and my mom was as a dental hygienist and then eventually a history teacher. My uncles and aunts, all of them are elementary school teachers or scientists. Cary Fukunaga

My mom was married to a Mexican guy - a surfer - and so we'd kind of camp out on the beach the swell season. Cary Fukunaga

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I think the semantics of mini-series for a network is that it has an end. Cary Fukunaga

Think Network End Semantics

You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do to get the most out of everyone's potential. Part of it is just making sure we all have the same vision. Cary Fukunaga

An eight-hour movie is definitely not a two-hour movie. An eight-hour movie is really like five independent films, if you think about it, because each is usually an hour and a half. In some ways, it is like making a movie. It's just a lot more information. Cary Fukunaga

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I'd done the method bit before from, like, age 15 to 19. I was a Civil War re-enactor. Cary Fukunaga

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I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day. Cary Fukunaga

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I love the idea of 3D, but it's completely superfluous to most stories. Cary Fukunaga

Love Superfluous Idea Most Stories

In a city like New York, especially for young professionals who aren't in a family situation, most people don't cook for themselves. This is the only city I've ever lived in where I eat out every night. Cary Fukunaga

'Jane Eyre' was one of those films that I was familiar with as a kid, and I always enjoyed the story. Cary Fukunaga

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Sundance took me on my first film and from there sort of launched my career. Cary Fukunaga

Me First Took Sundance Sort Film Career

I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously privileged to travel and be able to mingle and speak to people that, had I only known English, I wouldn't have been able to meet. Cary Fukunaga

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