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Certainly, my manager Gary Ungar was the first person to give me any attention and hustle for me. This was back in 2009.

From Damien Chazelle

I remember when I first met Jason Reitman with the 'Whiplash' script; he quickly became a mentor figure who guided me through the process and also protected me and made sure that when it came time to actually make 'Whiplash,' I was able to make exactly the movie I wanted to make.

From Damien Chazelle

I remember being inspired myself when smaller films, whether it's 'Beasts' or 'Winter's Bone,' wound up in the Oscars lineup.

From Damien Chazelle

I was in high school, and when you get to be 14, 15, you start to feel a little more like your own person so that you can assert your adulthood a little bit.

From Damien Chazelle

As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.

From Damien Chazelle

I'm a terrible procrastinator.

From Damien Chazelle

'Whiplash' was always the song I hated the most because it's a song designed to screw with drummers.

From Damien Chazelle

I don't like the idea the viewer can kind of sit there and go, 'Make me like this person.' People aren't inherently sympathetic.

From Damien Chazelle

I think there is something to be said for not coddling people and not accepting good as good enough.

From Damien Chazelle

One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that improvisation is such a big part of it, so it feels like it should be less soldiers in an army and more like free spirits melding. And yet, big band jazz has a real military side to it.

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