Sean Durkin Quotes & Sayings

“When people leave cults, they don't know that they left a cult.”

“I remember being at school during morning meeting and looking around at everybody, 350 kids, saying a prayer. We're all very young and no one knows what it means, and I remember feeling strange that people were just repeating words that they didn't understand. I refused to participate. For some reason I always rejected it, but respectfully.”

“Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with.”

“When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared.”

“Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves.”

“When someone stays with you and they're not your guest, even when they are your guest they get on your nerves. When people visit for long periods of time, that just happens.”

“I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid.”

“Filmmaking is a real craft.”

“I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.”

“The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer.”