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50 quotes by Harmony Korine

Harmony Korine (born January 4, 1973) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, author and occasional actor. He is best known for writing Kids and for writing and directing Spring Breakers, Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy and Mister Lonely. His film Trash Humpers premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and won the main prize, the DOX Award, at CPH:DOX in November 2009. His film Spring Breakers was released in 2013.
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I was free when I was 12 because I got my first skateboard. I've been free ever since.

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Skateboarding was everything to us growing up. It changes the way you see the world: you spend all day looking for ditches.

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What makes Gucci Mane Gucci Mane is like what made Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra - it's just him. He's trap's Frank Sinatra.

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I always get sick of these conversations where people are so obsessed with pixels, with high definition, and even with technology in general. I find... →

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When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to Fred Astaire, just because... →

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I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.

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I never liked socially conscious rap. I like rap that's physical, that's about a beat and bass and repetition.

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It's hard to say things without coming off in a certain way, but at a young age, I felt very driven. All I ever wanted to be is a soldier of... →

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Sometimes, when you watch people play a video game, they seem lost in this wormhole, or in a trance.

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I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never want them to be marginalized in the kind of... →

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I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain things of violence or... →

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I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even think about... →

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I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad... →

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