Derek Cianfrance Quotes

As a parent myself, I can appreciate the MPAA and what they're supposed to do, but what happens with NC-17 is that the MPAA is basically taking away the rights of parents. They're basically telling me that I can't show my kids this movie if I decide they can see it.

Derek Cianfrance

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• Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

  

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• I hope kids feel gratitude for what they do have.

  

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• I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.

  

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• Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.

  

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• I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?

  

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• Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

  

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• As a parent myself, I can appreciate the MPAA and what they're supposed to do, but what happens with NC-17 is that the MPAA is basically taking away the rights of parents. They're basically telling me that I can't show my kids this movie if I decide they can see it.

  

  Derek Cianfrance
  • Kids
  • Movie
  • Parents