57 Sean Baker Quotes for You to Enjoy

Sean Baker

American Director

Born: Feb 26, 1971

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Cinema is always evolving. Sean Baker

Cinema Evolving Always

I'm not looking to get rich. Sean Baker

Looking Rich Get

I don't have a family. I'm not planning one. I don't have to support anyone but me and my dog. Sean Baker

Family Me Dog Support Anyone Planning

I'm an advocate of all mediums - it's a larger canvas for us as artists - but we have to keep in mind that celluloid film is what created this wonderful art form, and we have to keep it alive. Sean Baker

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I grew up torturing friends and family by making super-8 and VHS epics. Sean Baker

Family Making Up Friends Friends And Family Grew Epics

'Greg the Bunny,' the comedy television show that I co-created, happened almost by accident. Dan Milano, Spencer Chinoy and myself made a public access show that caught the eye of IFC, and it has had three incarnations since then with a season on Fox. Sean Baker

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New York City is the most culturally diverse city in the world, and yet there have been few films about the Chinese, Latino, and Middle Eastern experience in New York. Sean Baker

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There's an alchemy that happens in my eyes when you mix it up, when you have a seasoned actor on set and your first-timer. Sean Baker

You Eyes Mix Up Happens Your Actor Seasoned Alchemy Set

We're all getting in trouble on Twitter - just get off and use your Instagram. Sean Baker

Trouble Twitter Instagram Off Get Getting Just Use Your

I remember, at one point, I was actually studying it kind of intensively around 2001, when Hrithik Roshan was big. I wanted to learn more about it, as I've always been intrigued by the craft of Bollywood, in that how well they were shot in glorious widescreen. I would actually go to see Bollywood films in the theaters in New York and New Jersey. Sean Baker

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A small lens gives you a very specific look. You don't have a shallow depth of field. Sean Baker

You Field Small Gives Shallow Look Very Lens Depth Specific

I love celluloid. I love the look of it. Sean Baker

Love Look Celluloid

I love to combine first-time actors with seasoned actors. Sean Baker

Love Combine Actor Seasoned

From a filmmaker's point of view, there is something undeniably cinematic about a location like Santa Monica Boulevard, which is so chaotic and busy and over-stimulating. Sean Baker

Busy Cinematic Chaotic Location About Something Point Point Of View Boulevard Like Which View Santa Santa Monica Monica Filmmaker

The iPhone always has a different look from model to model - 'Tangerine' is quite smooth, but that was the 5s. I was using the iPhone 6s Plus for 'The Florida Project,' and it has what's called a rolling shutter, and it gave it this hyperactivity and a very different, jarring feel, and we liked that. Sean Baker

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'Man Push Cart' is very similar to 'Take Out.' Sean Baker

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Talent is out there. But sometimes it doesn't work. You're going to find people who you think are wonderful, and the minute you turn on the camera, they just don't understand the concept of acting. Sean Baker

Work You People Wonderful Sometimes Think Out Find Minute Talent Concept Understand Camera Going Just Turn Turn-On Acting Who

I grew up with 'The Little Rascals' and always try to work a link into every one of my movies. Sean Baker

Work Try Every Rascals Always Link Up Grew Little Movies

Some have said I focus on marginalized communities, but it's not like that was my mission statement. I've just told stories that interest me, and that I'm not seeing enough of, on groups of people and subcultures that are often not seen. Sean Baker

Me People Focus Seen Enough Statement Seeing Some Like Mission Said Often Just Stories Interest Communities Groups Marginalized

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