With material wealth and in a culture where many of us defines our self-worth by what we have and what we own and what we achieve, it's very hard to …

- Debra Granik

Sometimes a rural life - without agricultural culture, community, or land - it means that you're a very long drive from everything. It's a big cultur…

- Debra Granik

We all have to acknowledge the life and the path we were born into. And the things that define us, they're often somewhat narrow: our class, our race…

- Debra Granik

Sometimes I wonder about the people who can do very reflective work about their own ethnic group or their own families, or comedies that take place i…

- Debra Granik

There are days when either filmmaking feels like an insurmountable practice - here's a lot of obstacles in the way to make it happen - or you think, …

- Debra Granik

I grew up in a suburban situation and I was constantly looking for the central, the town. I grew up craving. "Where's the town? Where's the people?" …

- Debra Granik

There are sayings and mantras that sometimes occur in filmmaking discussions, and one of them is that sometimes filmmaking is an olive branch or a re…

- Debra Granik

My first decade of living in a metropolis was like, I was a people watcher. It meant the world to me to talk to strangers. I got excited about the fi…

- Debra Granik

I think when you practice photography or observation, you're on high alert. You polish up your antenna and stick up your head, and you're out there. …

- Debra Granik