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The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the ocean. When you're a boy growing up in a hostile home, you imagine it's unique: it's happening only to you.

~Gavin O'Connor

Topics: About Boy Growing Growing Up Happening Heart Home Hostile Imagine Moby Ocean Only Plot Simple Thing Unique Up Very Whale White You

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I'm going to go do a Netflix series. It's straight-to-series, 10 episodes, probably go for three seasons. I'm going to direct the pilot and hopefully the last episode of the first season. The show is 'Seven Seconds.'

~Gavin O'Connor

Topics: Direct Episode Episodes First Go Going Hopefully Last Netflix Pilot Season Seasons Seconds Series Seven Show Three

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The script is just a blueprint.

~Gavin O'Connor

Topics: Blueprint Just Script

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My brother and I were separated when I was a child; we went with different parents.

~Gavin O'Connor

Topics: Brother Child Different Parents Separated Were

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The thing I learned from 'Pride and Glory' is that people like to feel a little better leaving the theater than they did coming in.

~Gavin O'Connor

Topics: Better Coming Did Feel Glory Learned Leaving Like Little People Pride Than Theater Thing

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I always say to my agents, you go through one of these big kind of movies, everyone makes money, but like, I said, 'I'm the one who's gotta go make it, and if I don't have my heart in it, and it's like a love affair, I'm not going to do a good job. Then, and I don't want to just get paid. I just, I don't want to do that.'

~Gavin O'Connor

Topics: Affair Agents Always Big Everyone Get Go Going Good Good Job Gotta Heart Job Just Kind Like Love Love Affair Make Makes Money Movies Paid Said Say Then Through Want You

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At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.

~Gavin O'Connor

Topics: Audience Born Challenge Deliver Emotional Experience Figuring Film Films How Least Make Making Me Out Personal Satisfying Somehow Still Stories Tell Them Trying Want Where You

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I always intended the title, 'WARRIOR,' to be about spiritual warfare and warrior lives outside of the cage.

~Gavin O'Connor

Topics: About Always Cage Intended Lives Outside Spiritual Title Warfare Warrior

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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.

~Gavin O'Connor

Topics: Ever Films Kid Make Really Since Wanted

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Sundance is going to be a defining moment in my life. But the unfortunate thing about Sundance is, when you have a film there, you can't have the opportunity to see other films.

~Gavin O'Connor

Topics: About Defining Defining Moment Film Films Going Life Moment My Life Opportunity Other See Sundance Thing Unfortunate You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: Unknown

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