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Ira Sachs Quotes

American - Director | November 21, 1965 -

As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.

Life My Life Gay Person Marginalized

Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.

You Cinema Gay Kind Economy Tell

As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.

Work Relationships Personal Awards

I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.

Age Opportunity Day Filmmaking More

You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself.

Life Yourself Think You Begin Share

Without community events like NewFest, I don't think we'd have a queer cinema in America.

Community Think America Cinema Like

My films might have been queer - because I was - but they were not gay.

Gay Because Might Been Queer Were

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

Artist Act Being Part Rupture

I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories.

Focus Career Gay See Filmmaker Our

I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay shorts, 'Vaudeville' and 'Lady.' It was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and New York City was both dying and very alive at the same time.

Time New York City Lady Gay Alive

I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood.

Father History King Action Think Up

Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.

Music Short Understanding Cinema Box

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