Sean Durkin quotes

Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with. (Sean Durkin)
When people leave cults, they don't know that they left a cult. View quote
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I remember being at school during morning meeting and looking around at everybody, 350 kids, saying a prayer. We're all very young and no one knows what it means, and I remember feeling strange that people were just repeating words that they didn't understand. I refused to participate. For some reason I always rejected it, but respectfully. View quote
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When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people. View quote
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When someone stays with you and they're not your guest, even when they are your guest they get on your nerves. When people visit for long periods of time, that just happens. View quote
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Filmmaking is a real craft. View quote
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I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid. View quote
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When I hire actors I believe in their abilities. View quote
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It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts. View quote
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The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer. View quote
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I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat. (Sean Durkin)
I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life. View quote
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I went to my first college to play soccer. View quote
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When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared. View quote
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When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal. View quote
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I'm a believer in film school. View quote
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The way brainwashing works is subtle and takes a long time. View quote
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Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves. View quote
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I'm interested in adapting books and all sorts of things. View quote
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What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship. View quote
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I always try to keep the confidence of the actors, and try my best to make them feel comfortable or confident. (Sean Durkin)
In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension. View quote
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I would like to do a sports movie. View quote
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You can't write something to please someone. View quote
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You know, when you're isolated on set for like a month, people like to get rowdy. View quote
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Sean Durkin

Occupation: American Director
Born: December 9, 1981
Quotes count: 26