“I'm someone who's always looking for hope - if there's a ray of hope, ...” — Debra Granik Quote

“I'm someone who's always looking for hope - if there's a ray of hope, a shrapnel, shred, a flake of hope - because I take the misfortune or hard times of others very seriously.”

“I love to champion some of the hardworking actors where, it's been said to me, they don't bring money. But to me, they bring everything. They bring their wonderful selves.”

“There is a porous membrane between a documentary that doesn't use interviews and what you would call a neorealist hybrid film.”

“A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.”

“I went through a lot of hard times. I went through a lot of struggle. A few times, I was in tears. It brought me to my knees just about.”

“Anywhere you are, there's going to be some kind of place to find someone that can love you, accept you, nourish you, and help you in hard times.”