Quotes from Sean Baker

Most filmmakers, if not all, come from a place of privilege, if only because of the expense.

The iPhone in conjunction with the Filmic Pro app - the resolution is HD quality.

There are so many directors who don't like any kind of interaction on set except for producers. I am the opposite.

I've fallen in love with Los Angeles, and I love to explore it myself.

I want my films to be different, to use different techniques, not just make a calling card film.

You know, master classes are essentially extended Q&As. That's how I always approach them. I don't mean to downplay it. It's just that I never fancy myself as someone who is taking a class. 'Master class' insinuates a teacher, and I'm not one.

I come from the school of thought that feels that if you can shoot film, you should shoot film.

My one hope for Netflix and Amazon is to be a little more art house- and indie-friendly, pushing those just as hard as they push their originals.

In so many reviews that I'm reading of 'The Florida Project,' everyone is assuming it's my second film.

There are characteristics of Central Florida you don't see anywhere else. It's quite beautiful.

Somebody who doesn't understand my directing style could be pretty taken aback by it if I start going off the schedule and focusing on something because I'm inspired in the moment.

I grew up torturing friends and family by making super-8 and VHS epics.

With a lot of these social realist films, the first thing you do is drain the color.

I remember, at one point, I was actually studying it kind of intensively around 2001, when Hrithik Roshan was big. I wanted to learn more about it, as I've always been intrigued by the craft of Bollywood, in that how well they were shot in glorious widescreen. I would actually go to see Bollywood films in the theaters in New York and New Jersey.

Route 192 is its own thing, and you can't find that anywhere else. The colors and shapes of the buildings, the way that all the small businesses in a way feed off of the parks and sort of rip off the themes of Disney - you're not going to find that anywhere else.

I have been very inspired and influenced by 'The Little Rascals' my entire career.

I grew up with 'The Little Rascals' and always try to work a link into every one of my movies.

'The Little Rascals' was set against the background of the Great Depression: the characters were living in poverty. It's just that it wasn't focused on it. It was focused on what makes childhood universal. We're all laughing at kids because we see ourselves in them; we remember our childhood.

When you see bad acting, that's usually what it is - they're not listening to the other characters. It's always hard with first-time actors to get them in that moment where they are really listening to the other characters and reacting to the other characters.

I'm always looking for authenticity in my films. They're based in realism.

'Greg the Bunny,' the comedy television show that I co-created, happened almost by accident. Dan Milano, Spencer Chinoy and myself made a public access show that caught the eye of IFC, and it has had three incarnations since then with a season on Fox.

I'm fine with a title that's open to interpretation.

Film is the only art form where we feel we have to title our stuff literally. Musicians don't have to title their songs literally. It can be more about what's conjured up when you think of a word.

I would like to make sure I'm not homeless.