I grew up Catholic, so I feel guilty about everything. Derek Cianfrance catholicfeelgrow Change image and share on social
I'm trying to be the coach. My actors are my players. They're doing things that I'm too cowardly to do myself. Derek Cianfrance actorcoachcowardly Change image and share on social
I love people that work with passion and love. When you make choices that way, there's reverberations, consequences. That's what I'm interested in, that echo, that ripple of choice. Derek Cianfrance choiceconsequenceecho Change image and share on social
Every moment is, in some ways, eternal. Once you put something into the world, it stays there. Derek Cianfrance eternalmomentput Change image and share on social
I think 'GoodFellas' is just a perfect film. From an efficiency of storytelling standpoint, from an entertainment standpoint, from a performance standpoint, from a use of music standpoint, from a cinematography and editing standpoint - to me, it's just a perfect movie. Derek Cianfrance cinematographyeditefficiency share on social
I feel like the job of an artist is to confront their own darkness and their own demons and fears. And I want to make movies that feel human up on the screen. I don't really relate to dudes wearing spandex and capes. Derek Cianfrance artistcapeconfront share on social
There's something so glorious in giving control to the world. I think that's what I'm trying to do in my films - control the world but also let it be chaotic, let there be life. Derek Cianfrance chaoticcontrolfilm Change image and share on social
I don't really collect anything. I grew up in a family that collected things, and then they'd get sick, and people die, and then they have their basements full of stuff that goes from one box to the next, so I try not to get sentimental with stuff. I just try to collect memories; I guess that would be it. Derek Cianfrance basementboxcollect share on social
I never learned to be a writer. I never took screenwriting courses. I never read anyone's scripts. As a writer, my only guiding principle has been to write about things that scare me, write about things that make me feel vulnerable, write about things that will expose my deepest fears, so that's how I write. Derek Cianfrance coursedeepexpose share on social
As a parent myself, I can appreciate the MPAA and what they're supposed to do, but what happens with NC-17 is that the MPAA is basically taking away the rights of parents. They're basically telling me that I can't show my kids this movie if I decide they can see it. Derek Cianfrance basicallydecidekid share on social