There was an age in which it was clear to me that my parents weren't perfect, but then there was an age at which I had empathy for that. And that was through therapy, probably. You have to rebuild and you also have to grow in your understanding of whatever it is your parents are facing, and that takes a major, profound shift of perspective from being a child.
Ira SachsI actually feel that all drama has an element of comedy in it. A great deal of that I learned from writers like Chekhov who called his plays his comedy even when they touch on tragedy.
Ira SachsMy early films were about self discovery, and films of internal conflict. At that level, they were very personal.
Ira SachsPeople, for reasons of kind of security, they tend to move towards people like themselves.
Ira Sachs