Sean Durkin Quotes

• The way brainwashing works is subtle and takes a long time.

  Sean Durkin

  Long, Way, Subtle

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer.

  Sean Durkin

  Religious, Prayer, Fall

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Filmmaking is a real craft.

  Sean Durkin

  Real, Crafts, Filmmaking

  "“Martha Marcy May Marlene” and Mister Sean Durkin". Interview with Matt Singer, www.ifc.com. October 20, 2011.

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• I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat.

  Sean Durkin

  Fats

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I remember being at school during morning meeting and looking around at everybody, 350 kids, saying a prayer. We're all very young and no one knows what it means, and I remember feeling strange that people were just repeating words that they didn't understand. I refused to participate. For some reason I always rejected it, but respectfully.

  Sean Durkin

  Morning, Prayer, Kids

  "'Marta Marcy May Marlene' and Mister Sean Durkin". Interview with Matt Singer, www.ifc.com.

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• When people leave cults, they don't know that they left a cult.

  Sean Durkin

  People, Cult, Knows

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a believer in film school.

  Sean Durkin

  School, Film, Believer

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.

  Sean Durkin

  Soccer, Player, Goal

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with.

  Sean Durkin

  People, And Love, Needs

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2011.

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• I love the first hour of a horror movie, the fear and anticipation. Then, when it gets bloody, I lose interest.

  Sean Durkin

  Firsts, Anticipation, Horror

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid.

  Sean Durkin

  Photography, Writing, Kids

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves.

  Sean Durkin

  Sports, Team, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension.

  Sean Durkin

  Cutting, Editing, Creating

  "FUTURES| Sundance’s Golden Boy Sean Durkin, Director/Writer of 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. October 20, 2011.

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• When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared.

  Sean Durkin

  Kids, Littles, Scared

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.

  Sean Durkin

  Actors, Film, Bigs

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2011.

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• You know, when you're isolated on set for like a month, people like to get rowdy.

  Sean Durkin

  People, Rowdy, Months

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You can't write something to please someone.

  Sean Durkin

  Writing, Please

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal.

  Sean Durkin

  Writing, Matter, No Matter What

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

  Sean Durkin

  Soccer, Player, Coaches

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people.

  Sean Durkin

  Kids, People, Groups

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

  Sean Durkin

  Believe, Actors, Ability

  "Interview: Elizabeth Olsen and Sean Durkin Talk Martha Marcy May Marlene". Interview with Laremy Legel, www.mtv.com. October 19, 2011.

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• I always try to keep the confidence of the actors, and try my best to make them feel comfortable or confident.

  Sean Durkin

  Trying, Actors, Feels

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts.

  Sean Durkin

  Writing, Ongoing, Ends

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm interested in adapting books and all sorts of things.

  Sean Durkin

  Book, Adapting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I would like to do a sports movie.

  Sean Durkin

  Sports, Sports Movie

  "FUTURES | Sundance’s Golden Boy Sean Durkin, Director/Writer of 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'" by Nigel M.Smith, www.indiewire.com. October 20, 2011.

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