Sundance took me on my first film and from there sort of launched my career.

- Cary Fukunaga

You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do to get the most out of everyone's potential. Part of it is just making sure we all have the same vision.

- Cary Fukunaga

Have you seen McConaughey in 'Unsolved Mysteries?' Even back then, it's a great performance! And he's mowing the lawn.

- Cary Fukunaga

Ed Norton is probably one of the smartest people I've ever met.

- Cary Fukunaga

'City of God' and 'Slumdog Millionaire' are both films that I really like, but they are stylistically the opposite of what I wanted to do.

- Cary Fukunaga

After 'Sin Nombre,' I just needed to take a break to go to completely different worlds.

- Cary Fukunaga

There are elements to the 19th century which just don't work for contemporary audiences.

- Cary Fukunaga

It's rare that you can promote a love story and feel fear in a film.

- Cary Fukunaga

I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

- Cary Fukunaga

I don't believe happiness comes out of material gain, for sure.

- Cary Fukunaga

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.

- Cary Fukunaga

I think I learned discipline on 'Jane Eyre.' Charlotte Bronte's dialogue, the intellectual duel between Rochester and Jane Eyre's character, is so compelling that you didn't have to do much with the placement of cameras.

- Cary Fukunaga

No, ramen's not good for you. But in Japan, our favorite thing to do after drinking all night, especially in Sapporo where it's freezing cold, is to go to the ramen place at two, three in the morning.

- Cary Fukunaga

I have a really good relationship with Focus Features; we had a wonderful time working together on 'Sin Nombre.'

- Cary Fukunaga

Collaborations aren't easy, but you definitely get something highly different than had you done it on your own. That's part of the experience.

- Cary Fukunaga

As storytellers, you're always somehow creating history.

- Cary Fukunaga

Some directors don't get involved in the cinematography and are just about story, but I'm definitely more tactile than that in terms of my involvement in the minutiae.

- Cary Fukunaga

I think I have this field around me that makes electronics work bad. It's not like an entropy thing; it happens very quickly.

- Cary Fukunaga

Every single substitute teacher growing up could not pronounce my name, so whenever someone pauses, I'm like, 'Oh, that's me.'

- Cary Fukunaga

I eventually want to do writing on all the films, but not necessarily to be the writer. Writing is a painful, painful thing; it really is.

- Cary Fukunaga