If you want to make a movie, there may be many forces trying to pull you down, but really, a lot of it is will power. You can will it into being if you just believe that you are going to make a movie. Damien Chazelle forcelotmake Change image and share on social
By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue it. Damien Chazelle considerendfork Change image and share on social
I was a jazz drummer, and it was my life for a while: what I lived and breathed every day. Damien Chazelle breathedaydrummer Change image and share on social
I guess art itself is insane. Its actual function is rarely clear, and yet people give their hearts and souls and lives to it, and have for all of history. Damien Chazelle actualartclear Change image and share on social
Before 'Whiplash,' I'd had a string of failed scripts. I'd pour my blood, sweat and tears into them, and no one would like them. Damien Chazelle bloodfailpour Change image and share on social
What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar. Damien Chazelle cityfullhistory Change image and share on social
There were so many specific things from high school jazz band that I remembered: the conductor searching out people who were out of tune, or stopping and starting me for hours in front of the band as they watched. Damien Chazelle bandconductorfront share on social
I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world. Damien Chazelle disciplinehomemovie Change image and share on social
It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style is very military influenced. The snare drum comes from the military and becomes the core kind of sound of jazz drums. Damien Chazelle armybandbig share on social
I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and energetic, not the sort of rarified intellectual activity it's painted as. Damien Chazelle activityartcase Change image and share on social