I find L.A. kind of romantic, actually. As a movie junkie, it's a city that was built by the movies. There's something really weird and surreal about it that I find energizing. Damien Chazelle buildcityenergize Change image and share on social
Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get it right. Damien Chazelle buttgoodhead Change image and share on social
What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that? Damien Chazelle brokenessdanceenergy Change image and share on social
I remember when I first met Jason Reitman with the 'Whiplash' script; he quickly became a mentor figure who guided me through the process and also protected me and made sure that when it came time to actually make 'Whiplash,' I was able to make exactly the movie I wanted to make. Damien Chazelle figureguidejason share on social
As a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college. Damien Chazelle classcollegefilm Change image and share on social
Certainly, I've loved musicals for a while, so I did some short films in college that had musical numbers and things like that, so I've kind of been obsessed with Fred and Ginger and Vincente Minnelli and Stanley Donen and Jaques Demy forever. Damien Chazelle collegedemydonen share on social
I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect. Damien Chazelle combinecreateeffect Change image and share on social
My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz. Damien Chazelle bigdadfan Change image and share on social
I had seen a lot of music movies that celebrated music or that showed the kind of joys from playing music, which is a big part of it of course, and not something that I would want to deny. Damien Chazelle bigcelebratedeny Change image and share on social
I hadn't seen that many movies that really go deep enough into the fears of playing music or the language that musicians can use to treat each other or, like, the way that you can see it dehumanize and the way that it can feel like boot camp. Damien Chazelle bootcampdeep share on social
