Nicholas Jarecki Quotations

Some people are in positions of power, and when incentives go haywire, we are all human and it's easy to make mistakes. I am not saying everybody is Bernie Madoff.

I spent 12 years doing different things in film trying to figure out the story I wanted to tell.

I loved films of the '70s with those antihero protagonists who you don't know if you can get behind because their behavior is really questionable.

I keep a list of everyone I've ever met.

My dad used to sell a type of commodity contract. It was so complicated, he was certain his sales people didn't understand what they were selling.

I think that ultimately any effective drama or tragedy tries to put you as much as it can into the protagonist's shoes.

I think that people need to become more educated about money. We need to stop creating systems that benefit only the most-cutthroat sharks.

When you're editing the film, you use a temp track. So you're putting music in there for a rough cut to keep track of what's going on. It can be a hindrance if wrong, it can be an enormous asset if you get it right.

Feature filmmaking is a different kind of complication as documentary comes in the editing room.

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.