J. C. Chandor quotes

There is certainly a part of my filmmaking that harkens to a more simpler commercial kind of taste, but then with this there's certainly a kind of avant-garde, abstract, existential element to it. (J. C. Chandor)
When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick. View quote
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We print money. The people that print the money is actually us. The government of the United States of America. By its very nature, we control that, and this system is there as representation of us. View quote
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I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working. View quote
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I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it. View quote
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I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing. View quote
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I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes. View quote
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As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness. View quote
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I think my films kind of walk this line that I'm proud of, that they feel sort of like films of my youth, which were far more commercial. View quote
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I don't know how you make decisions in your life, but I weigh lots of things, and it's not always the purest of things for why I take a job or do this. I always try to think of the many different factors in my life, and not one is pure greed. One is pure quality of life. View quote
J. C. Chandor

J. C. Chandor

Occupation: American Director
Born: November 24, 1973
Quotes count: 10