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
I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic. Damien Chazelle adoredancefantastic Change image and share on social
I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him. Damien Chazelle audienceconductordifference share on social
I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything. Damien Chazelle breedcookercutthroat share on social
In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world. Damien Chazelle artequalform share on social
I'm a terrible procrastinator. Damien Chazelle procrastinatorterrible 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 was a kid living in New Jersey, who - I'd wanted to make movies since I was a little kid, so that came before music for me. But I started playing drums just as a hobby, and I wasn't even really into jazz that much. Damien Chazelle drumhobbyjazz share on social
There's something very particular about the kind of rage you feel when you're alone in a practice room by yourself, unable to master a simple thing like a rudiment. Damien Chazelle feelkindmaster Change image and 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