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Sometimes I struggle with being American.

~Debra Granik

Topics: American Being Sometimes Struggle

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In Hollywood, only a female who's massively damaged is interesting.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Damaged Female Hollywood Interesting Massively Only

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Films set in 90210 are ten a penny. But there's rarely room to make films about a different postal code, to show the lives of ordinary Americans who have to live with very limited material resources.

~Debra Granik

Topics: About American Code Different Films Limited Live Lives Make Material Ordinary Penny Postal Rarely Resources Room Set Show Ten Very Who

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It's risky to show poor Americans. People see it as a downer. But I really wanted to make a tightly wound piece of storytelling that also happened to explode the myth of American affluence.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Affluence Also American Downer Explode Happened Make Myth People Piece Poor Really Risky See Show Storytelling Tightly Wanted Wound

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It's been a pleasure to see female comedians be prominent and flourish - like Kate McKinnon's Rudy Giuliani impressions, which are uncanny in their precision.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Been Comedians Female Flourish Impressions Kate Like Pleasure Precision Prominent See Which

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I come from what they call the land of nowhere. I'm from the suburb. It's extremely atomizing.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Call Come Extremely Land Nowhere Suburb

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You can't make movies without known names, and unknowns can't become known, because they can't get work.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Because Become Get Known Make Movies Names Unknowns Without Work You

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Stereotypes are convenient. And yet within them, everyone will say there's something that - you know, they don't come for no reason. It's just that it takes time to explore complexity.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Come Complexity Convenient Everyone Explore Just Know No Reason Reason Say Something Stereotypes Takes Them Time Will Within You

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For documentaries, I think streaming plays an amazing role, but it's a problem when the one service you initially relied on to have an incredible buffet - 'Come and see a lot of world cinema, and the lives of ordinary people as well' - all of a sudden is narrowed down until it's just gladiator after gladiator - and bloodlust.

~Debra Granik

Topics: After Amazing Cinema Come Documentaries Down Gladiator Incredible Initially Just Lives Lot Ordinary Ordinary People People Plays Problem Role See Service Streaming Sudden Think Until Well World You I Think

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Our necks are getting injured from looking down, and the movie screen gives you opportunity to look up, you know? It gives you an opportunity to possibly have a discussion with someone afterwards.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Afterwards Discussion Down Getting Gives Injured Know Look Looking Movie Necks Opportunity Our Possibly Screen Someone Up You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: February 6th, 1963

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