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There's something very particular about the kind of rage you feel when you're alone in a practice room by yourself, unable to master a simple thing like a rudiment.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: About Alone Feel Kind Like Master Particular Practice Rage Room Simple Something Thing Unable Very You Yourself

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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Actually Break Crack Drums Enough Fragile Half Hard Instruments Look Lot Somewhat Whack Will Would You

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It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a person - to it just being a thing you occasionally do.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Being Defines Difficult Goes Just Little Obsession Occasionally Person Skill Something Thing Utter Where You Your

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I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Actually Almost Detour Filmmaker Grew Make Movies Music Up Wanted Wanting

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I was in this public high school in Princeton, and it had this topnotch jazz program - if you were a musician of any kind of caliber, your holy grail was to be in that orchestra. It was that claim to fame of the school, of the town, other than the university. But it was better than the university band.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Any Band Better Caliber Claim Fame Had High High School Holy Jazz Kind Musician Orchestra Other Princeton Program Public School Than Town University Were You Your

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It's interesting when you wind up distilling all your ambitions and your goals and dreams into one single person. It's giving that person a lot of power.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Ambition Dreams Giving Goals Interesting Lot Person Power Single Single Person Up Wind You Your

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I handle screenings and award ceremonies really badly.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Award Badly Ceremonies Handle Really

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I was a writer for hire. I wrote to pay the bills.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Bills Hire Pay Writer Wrote

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I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Day Drums Every Every Day Feel Joy Kind Playing Supposed Thought Were You

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My version of a stress dream is, really, showing up on a concert stage with a drum set and not knowing the chart.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Chart Concert Dream Drum Knowing Not Knowing Really Set Showing Showing Up Stage Stress Up Version

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: January 19th, 1985

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