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At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.

~Damien Chazelle

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I had seen a lot of music movies that celebrated music or that showed the kind of joys from playing music, which is a big part of it of course, and not something that I would want to deny.

~Damien Chazelle

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It's a weird thing where, especially in jazz, you have to totally mention cutting sessions and people one-upping each other and people being super, super tough on each other. And out of it emerge these genius musicians.

~Damien Chazelle

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I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Adore Always Dancing Fantastic Hollywood Just Loved Musicals Old Tap Think Through Watch I Think

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As a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college.

~Damien Chazelle

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Certainly, my manager Gary Ungar was the first person to give me any attention and hustle for me. This was back in 2009.

~Damien Chazelle

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I remember when I first met Jason Reitman with the 'Whiplash' script; he quickly became a mentor figure who guided me through the process and also protected me and made sure that when it came time to actually make 'Whiplash,' I was able to make exactly the movie I wanted to make.

~Damien Chazelle

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I remember being inspired myself when smaller films, whether it's 'Beasts' or 'Winter's Bone,' wound up in the Oscars lineup.

~Damien Chazelle

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I was in high school, and when you get to be 14, 15, you start to feel a little more like your own person so that you can assert your adulthood a little bit.

~Damien Chazelle

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As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.

~Damien Chazelle

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: January 19th, 1985

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