Gavin O'Connor Quotes

#1. My brother and I were separated when I was a child; we went with different parents.

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#2. Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.

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#3. The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the ocean. When you're a boy growing up in a hostile home, you imagine it's unique: it's happening only to you.

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#4. The thing I learned from 'Pride and Glory' is that people like to feel a little better leaving the theater than they did coming in.

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#5. I always intended the title, 'WARRIOR,' to be about spiritual warfare and warrior lives outside of the cage.

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#6. At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.

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#7. Sundance is going to be a defining moment in my life. But the unfortunate thing about Sundance is, when you have a film there, you can't have the opportunity to see other films.

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