Antoine Fuqua quotes

Antoine Fuqua is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his gritty, action-packed movies. His most famous works include "Training Day," "The Equalizer," and "Southpaw." He is recognized for blending intense storytelling with dynamic visual style in modern cinema. Here are 19 of his quotes:

Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream. (Antoine Fuqua)

Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel.

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What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker.

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It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down.

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I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Explore things. Feed your artist.

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I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

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Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

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It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later.

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I like the opportunity to make films.

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I like making movies.

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I believe in God, absolutely. (Antoine Fuqua)

I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism.

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I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.

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I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see.

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I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that are more politically driven, films that maybe inspire.

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It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark and real, you want to show all this stuff but unfortunately you can't always do that.

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So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.

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Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along.

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My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes the studios accept what Joe Blo says - and this guy could just be a frustrated filmmaker, or not paying attention.

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Occupation: American Director
Born: January 19, 1966
Quotes count: 19

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