A biography for Sean Bakerhasn’t been written yet.
“A lot of independent films try to pull off a 14-day shooting schedule, which I think is ridiculous. No matter how big or small you are, it really kills whatever sort of time you get to allow the actors to find their characters, and to spend time to think about what they're doing.”
“It feels dangerous when people say, 'Oh, Sean Baker focuses on marginalised people.' And offensive. As if I'm standing there with my planner thinking, 'OK, where's the next marginalised group I can make a movie about?'”
“I know that 'Tangerine' is getting a lot of attention for pushing the iFilm, but I am really mourning the death of celluloid.”
“Children are funny.”
“We're living in an age of the think piece.”
“Dealing with kids, you're always going to have to deal with something. I mean, they're kids.”
“I work with different actors with varied degrees of experience.”
“The minute you're laughing, some people will say you're laughing at people.”
“I have been very inspired and influenced by 'The Little Rascals' my entire career.”
“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.”
“If I'm telling an L.A. story, I want to tell a fresh L.A. story and show places that haven't been shown before.”
“'Tangerine' was less than half the budget of 'Starlet,' and 'Starlet' was already a microbudget film. A director always wants more time, and we had a limited amount of resources.”
“I'm very influenced by Mike Leigh and the way that he always has these climactic confrontations, like in 'Secrets and Lies' and 'High Hopes,' in which the ensemble cast meets in one location.”
“Cinema is always evolving.”
“I'm not a material guy, so I don't need to surround myself with wealth.”
“I'm actually very critical of digital cinema.”
“I'm fine with a title that's open to interpretation.”
“When you're a child, the colors are brighter, sounds are louder and whatever.”
“I spend a lot of time on my phone, so I have two Mophie backups myself.”
“Honestly, in retrospect, when I referred to the actors from 'Prince' as non-actors or non-professionals, it was actually a great disservice to them. The fact is that they are all actors and should be viewed that way by the industry. It was our casting process that was non-professional.”