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24 Antoine Fuqua Quotes That Urge You To Chase Your Dreams

Famous As: American Film Director
Born On: May 30, 1965
Born In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Age: 58 Years
Antoine Fuqua is a well-known American producer and film director. He initially worked as a music video director. He has primarily worked in thriller and action film subgenres. He is renowned for his film ‘Academy Award’ winning crime thriller film ‘The Training Day.’ Some of his other notable works include ‘Tears of The Sun,’ ‘The Magnificent Seven,’ ‘King Arthur,’ ‘The Replacement Killers,’ ‘The Equalizer,’ ‘Olympus Has Fallen,’ Shooter,’ ‘Bait,’ The Equalizer 2,’ and ‘Brooklyn’s Finest,’ amongst various others. Scroll through the collection of famous and enlightening quotes and thoughts by Antoine Fuqua on community, life, time, police, opportunity, making-movies, war, family, simple, friends, work, battle, Rome, grandmother, experience, business, responsibility etc.
If you see someone lying out knives and forks consistently, but then one day those knives and forks become weapons you're not sure if he does that as a warrior, that's just his thing.

If you see someone lying out knives and forks consistently, but then one day those knives and forks become weapons you're not sure if he does that as a warrior, that's just his thing.

Antoine Fuqua
If I'm going to see my mom, I'm going to church!

If I'm going to see my mom, I'm going to church!

Antoine Fuqua
I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see.

I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see.

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I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are.

I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are.

Antoine Fuqua
I'd seen too many shrines in South Central and thought it was worth asking where the first bullet came from that started all this violence.

I'd seen too many shrines in South Central and thought it was worth asking where the first bullet came from that started all this violence.

Antoine Fuqua
I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism.

I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism.

Antoine Fuqua
I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that are more politically driven, films that maybe inspire.

I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that are more politically driven, films that maybe inspire.

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I like the opportunity to make films.

I like the opportunity to make films.

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I like making movies.

I like making movies.

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I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Explore things. Feed your artist.

I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Explore things. Feed your artist.

Antoine Fuqua
I believe in God, absolutely.

I believe in God, absolutely.

Antoine Fuqua
I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

Antoine Fuqua
Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

Antoine Fuqua
Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along.

Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along.

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Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream.

Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream.

Antoine Fuqua

Even the Westerns that I grew up with, the Sergio Leone's and all that, there was always a sort of anti-hero, a guy reluctant to shame even, to pick up the gun again because he wants to help other people, and he does, he uses his skills for that.

Antoine Fuqua

How do you capture the drama of a Rembrandt painting in a movie? How do you feel that moment that they captured in two hours? I kind of fell into it and at one point, I decided I wanted to live an art life; I wanted to tell stories. I came to New York, and did what most people do - you become a PA and run and get coffee and pay your dues and learn until your opportunity comes.

Antoine Fuqua

I don't think I've seen that sort of character in a long time in this genre because again, there was a time when you could have quirky, strange characters that you grew to love, you didn't quite understand, you know, and then all of a sudden they became almost cardboard cutouts for awhile. You kind of know the guy, what his deal is - this guy's hard to figure out. He has some strange habits, but, you learn to love him and you discover more about him, where it comes from.

Antoine Fuqua

I don't think the audience goes and thinks of the movie as a piece of art - there are some independent people who may go and have a higher appreciation for filmmaking. It is a great art form, but I don't think you look at a painting and a movie with the same eye.

Antoine Fuqua

I like being in real environments. I love being in the place that it's about - these sets and locations are characters in the movies. Can you imagine Breakfast at Tiffany's shot somewhere else? It's classic. Characters are part of storytelling; they're just as important as everything else.

Antoine Fuqua

I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.

Antoine Fuqua

I think people go to the movies to be entertained, to have an experience, to disappear from their own reality for a couple of hours. If the film truly succeeds in everything the filmmaker sets out for it to be, then it's elevated to art. It's elevated to something special, because it gives people a visceral feeling of something they're experiencing as a collective group. You feel something and that's what turns it into what you may call art.

Antoine Fuqua

I would be lying to you if I said I wouldn't love for it [Equalizer] to become a franchise, I would love for it to become a hit and all that great stuff. Who knows-you just make the best movie you can make, you know it's like, eat the whole thing, one piece at a time. And then, we'll see what happens, I would love for it to be.

Antoine Fuqua

I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are. You know if you think about Scorsese back in the day when he was making Taxi Driver, or Coppola or Frankenheimer, Sidney Lumet, they're making films where you witness violence in a real way.

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