Quotes by Jay Duplass - Page 1

I have an appreciation for strong women.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Appreciation
Strong Women
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I grew up Catholic, and I am a pretty shy person.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Catholic
Shy
Shy Person
I Am Shy Person
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Independent filmmaking burns off a lot of storytelling fat.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Filmmaking
Fat
Burns
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Our brains will destroy ourselves if we don't put it outward.
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I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.
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Complaining
Hobbies
Needs
Currently
Primary
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I think it's hard for quieter, more introverted people to get into acting.
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Introverted
Quieter
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I do own a unicycle, which I use for workout purposes as opposed to doing tricks.
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Tricks
Purposes
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In my short acting career, I've been in incredible relationships with incredible women.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Acting
Acting Career
Short
Relationships
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Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Film
Persistence
Right Now
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I had gone to a Catholic prep school where everyone was rich and having kids by the time they were 30.
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Catholic
By The Time
Prep
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In ultralight backpacking, modified gear pieces come into play, like a tent you hoist with your trekking poles.
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Gear
Modified
Poles
Tent
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Most people in Hollywood are making about 10 percent of all the things they're considering; I am making 95 percent.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Considering
Hollywood
People
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An interview is only as good as both parties are willing to give to the interview and that includes the interviewer.
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Giving
Interviews
Party
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I'm obsessed with 'The Americans.' It's one of my favorite shows. I also love 'Baskets' - low-brow, high-art comedy.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Favorite Shows
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I grew up in a small, old-school Catholic world, imprinted with an above-average number of categories and judgments.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Categories
Catholic
Imprinted
Judgments
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It is very common for people to come up to the cast members and say, 'Our family is OK now because of 'Transparent.''
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Cast Members
Transparent
Family People Because
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The idea that a lot of sons marry their mothers subconsciously, which I have done in my own life, was interesting to explore.
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Explore
Marry
Mothers
Sons
Subconsciously
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My whole life, I've been the one in my family that's always too emotional and too sensitive. That's, like, my role in my family.
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Sensitive
Life Family Always
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The worst question really comes from the attitude of the asker and it usually comes in the form of "What was your inspiration for the film?"
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Attitude
Film
Inspiration
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My wife is a social worker and a feminist, and it feels natural to me to have these relationships with these powerhouse women that I have had.
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Worker
Women Wife Me
Powerhouse
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We don't work in the traditional TV format where we're like writing concurrently to shooting. Like, we really view it as a large feature film.
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Shooting
Views
Writing
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If we are to maintain a relevant and just industry, we must all open our eyes to the obvious lack of equality in wages, representation, and access.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Equality
Access
Obvious
Relevant
Representation
Wages
Maintain
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Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.
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Editing
Filmmaking
Lighting
Screenwriting
Complex
Ya
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I had to live on $17,000 a year until I was 33, because I was a failed artist until I was 29, when I made my first short film that went to Sundance.
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Sundance
Failed
Short Film
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On 'Transparent,' I work closely with LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming people who are now my close friends - truth be told, we're all more like family.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Close Friends
Transparent
Closely
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Ultralight backpackers do some stupid stuff, like instead of bringing a toothbrush, you saw one off right below the bristles and just carry the head.
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Stupid
Below
Bringing
Carry
Toothbrush
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I think it's rare for anyone that a really accomplished, amazing director calls you up and says, 'I want to make a movie around you, and I want it to be this.'
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Rare
Calls
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From casting to hiring to awards races like the Emmys, taking active steps toward inclusion will make for richer stories, a stronger democracy, and a better world.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Awards
Casting
Emmys
Hiring
Inclusion
Steps
Better World
Races
Richer
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I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot and that school's good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist.
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Artist
Austin
School
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I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot, and that school's good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Austin
Film School
Good Movies Bad
Good Movies Your
Quick
Ultimately
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I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me. I do a lot of other creative stuff but am not very good at it.
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Creative
Done
Growing Up
Good Movies Me
More Than Anything
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Now that I'm acting, I've realized that I don't have a lot of barriers. Certain actors have a hard time with anger or with joy or with whatever, and, I don't know, I don't seem to have those barriers.
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Anger
Barriers
Hard Time
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You can be a lot more subtle on TV, which is funny because I feel like TV is known for being the opposite of that. The thing we experience in life is that things are not overly dramatic, and things often happen in really small ways.
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Opposites
Tvs
Way
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I always tell young filmmakers, don't go make a feature. Make a short. When you're ready to make a feature, people will tell you. Your friends will tell you. Your fans will tell you. Festivals will tell you. Listen to your audience.
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Festivals
Feature
Your People Always
Young Filmmakers
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It's just that the nature of being a director is being incredibly overwhelmed with getting the shots right, dealing with the locations, and then there's a two-year-old in the scene, and all that stuff - you know, there's a lot of kids in scenes.
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Kids
Two Year Olds
Years
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When you grow up in New Orleans, like, the only way to be an artist is to be a 55-year-old black musician. That's basically what we wanted to be. If you had asked me very truthfully what I wanted to be when I was 16, the answer would've been, 'I want to be a 55-year-old black musician.'
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New Orleans
Orleans
Truthfully
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Breakups usually don't happen down by the river with beautiful lighting. The moment you realize your relationship may be over might happen in Aisle 11 of Rite-Aid and the person you're with has disregarded your feelings and your needs by bringing you the wrong toothbrush again for the fourth time.
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Beautiful
Breakup
Rivers
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I think the press mistakenly thought that all of these 'mumblecore' filmmakers were banded together in a similar ideology, but the truth is that we were all just using the same digital camera and helping each other make our movies because we were broke, and we were the only idiots willing to do it.
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Broke
Ideology
Idiots
Mistakenly
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The first 600 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, before you get into the Sierra Nevada mountain range, is heavy on desert. One of the things I carry with me in the desert is an umbrella. People think that's insane. It has a shiny top to it, so it looks totally ridiculous, but the difference can be 20 degrees.
Jay Duplass / Film Director
Degrees
Desert
Heavy
Insane
Looks
Miles
Mountain
Nevada
Pacific
Range
Sierra
Umbrella
Me People Things
Totally
Carry
Crest
Shiny
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