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Now, I love movies so much, but I find a lot of movies to be arrogant in the way they're kind of know-it-alls - they have perfect characters on the screen that know everything about themselves.

~Derek Cianfrance

Topics: About Arrogant Characters Everything Find Kind Know Lot Love Movies Much Now Perfect Screen Themselves Way I Love

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I don't think we ever know 100 percent of a person, even ourselves, but I think in families, you get closer to people's secrets and people's darkness - and their light, the full contrast of a person.

~Derek Cianfrance

Topics: Closer Contrast Darkness Even Ever Families Full Get Know Light Ourselves People Percent Person Secrets Think You I Think

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There was a time in my early 20s when I would leave a movie theater and just feel so alone and lonely afterwards. I just felt like my life was nothing like those characters up on the screen, so perfect all the time. Why didn't I talk like that? Why don't I look like that?

~Derek Cianfrance

Topics: Afterwards Alone Characters Early Early 20S Feel Felt Just Leave Life Like Lonely Look Movie Movie Theater My Life Nothing Perfect Screen Talk Theater Those Time Up Why Would

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I think people need fantasy, but I think they also need to know that they're not being lied to. I think sometimes the fantasy can betray people and become more difficult for people's lives than just truth. I can't stand delusion. Delusion makes me sick.

~Derek Cianfrance

Topics: Also Become Being Being Lied To Betray Delusion Difficult Fantasy Just Know Lied Lives Makes Me More Need People Sick Sometimes Stand Than Think Truth I Think

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One reason Cassavetes is a hero to me is that his movies grew with him; they reflected the stages of his life. He made movies about where he was at that time. That's what I want to do with my films.

~Derek Cianfrance

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: Unknown

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