Top 23 Chika Quotes
#1. I entered the film industry sprinting, but not for long.
#2. Ever tried to get sleep in a hospital? Ever wonder if anyone even taught them what care is? Some hospitals are great, but some sure aren't.
#3. While I was doing the residency in Paris, I found out that I was chosen as one of the five winners of the Focus Features Africa First Program. All this happened less than a year after I made my first two short films.
#4. I prefer to discover new talent by holding open auditions.
#5. Darkness has conquered the day; the arms of the night slapped the living daylight off the day.Gripping. Killing. Totally overwhelming. The taste of darkness bitters my mouth
as I struggled against unnumbered foes.
#6. As a filmmaker you make your films with the audience you want to attract in mind.
#7. My favourite films are in languages I don't understand.
#8. But sometimes, it is not the thing that we fear most that crushes us but that which we have forgotten to fear.
#9. What makes you heal? What makes you strong?
#10. I proved to you that psychiatry is an exact science!"
"An exact science?!"
"Yes, you owe me exactly one hundred and forty-three dollars!
#11. I was having tea with a guy I was introduced to, about the possibility of working with him at his production company. He asked me if I'd written anything, and I said yes. Then he said 'why don't you just shoot it'? And I thought, "duh!" Best advice I ever got.
#12. I have loved filmed from when I was a child, but I never considered it as a future career.
#13. It grew louder, siren crying from her the depth of very voice; Sweet melodies to
guide me to the underworld.
#14. I find mediocrity hard. I find that whole area difficult. I'm a very passionate person; I care very much about what I do. I believe I give it a lot, so it's gotta be good; otherwise, what's the point?
#15. There was no way I was going back to school to study anything for another three or four years. I was done with that. So I tried working on other people's projects, but didn't find any where I felt I could learn what I needed to learn.
#16. The audience I'm targeting doesn't care about the language spoken in the films they watch. They're interested in more important things like story, performance, cinematography etc.
#17. Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all don't make feel good movies, same as me, and their films are always visually simple but beautiful (and I hope mine are!).
#18. Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?
#19. There is not one state truly alive if it is not as if a cauldron burns and boils in its representative body, and if there is no clash of convictions in it.
#20. In the beginning was the sea, and the sea was the world
#21. There are a lot of filmmakers I love whose work doesn't inspire mine at all. For example: Quentin Tarantino. From his films you can see that he has a wicked sense of humour, and I love that!
#22. While my work is usually about the Igbo woman experience, there are many aspects of my female characters that women everywhere can and do relate to.
#23. I definitely don't intend to only make films about Nigerians or Africans. I want to make films about people, any people.
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