Hiro Murai Quotes:

I like the idea of reading into people's faces when they're not emoting. Some people are fascinated, some are sympathizing.

source: - Source: pitchfork.com

Topics: Reading, Ideas, People

Shooting videos with lots of effects is like shooting a bunch of puzzle pieces.

source: - Source: pitchfork.com

Topics: Video, Pieces, Shooting, Puzzle Piece

People have a natural tendency to read emotions out of faces, so when you see a face that is hyperreal but without the life behind the eyes, it's really off-putting and intriguing.

Topics: Eye, People, Faces

That exact moment when you're about to realize that this might be a dream is my favorite thing.

source: - Source: www.mtv.com

Topics: Dream, Might, Favorites Things

I love museums, but I always thought there was something funny about a group of strangers silently staring at works of inanimate objects together. Each person is having a very personal and maybe even emotional experience, but it's in the confines of an extremely quiet and sterile room.

source: - Source: pitchfork.com

Topics: Emotional, Museums, Together

I like the feeling of keeping people off-balance and having the audience not knowing where I'm coming from or keeping that mysterious.

source: - Source: www.mtv.com

Topics: Knowing, People, Feelings

A lot of the music video stuff I've worked on is mostly me pitching ideas, and then if [the artists] have notes or thoughts, I'll integrate them into the idea.

source: - Source: www.mtv.com

Topics: Artist, Ideas, Video

The way I look at stories is often from far outside, like a god's point of view, and also very, very subjective.

source: - Source: www.mtv.com

Topics: Views, Looks, Stories, Subjective

At the end of the day, if you don't identify with the main characters, no television show will work.

Topics: Character, The End Of The Day, Television

If artists do have ideas, they're often not great.

source: - Source: www.mtv.com

Topics: Artist, Ideas, Ifs

Even my nighttime dreams are very, very rooted in reality. They just start to become surreal, little by little.

source: - "Q&A: Atlanta Director Hiro Murai On Working With Donald Glover, Dream Logic, And That 'Black Justin Bieber' Episode". Interview with Eric Ducker, www.mtv.com. October 4, 2016.

Topics: Dream, Reality, Littles, Nighttime

Obviously the actors are incredible at being the audience surrogates in this crazy universe.

source: - "Q&A: Atlanta Director Hiro Murai On Working With Donald Glover, Dream Logic, And That 'Black Justin Bieber' Episode". Interview with Eriv Ducker, www.mtv.com. October 4, 2016.

Topics: Crazy, Actors, Incredibles

Too many things are possible in a dream. It's most interesting when you don't know which space you're in.

source: - "Q&A: Atlanta Director Hiro Murai On Working With Donald Glover, Dream Logic, And That 'Black Justin Bieber' Episode". Interview with Eric Ducker, www.mtv.com. October 4, 2016.

Topics: Dream, Space, Interesting

TV is generally an unfriendly environment for directors because you're expected to come in and tell a story in the voice of the show that already exists, and just fill in the blanks and then submit it back.

source: - Source: www.mtv.com

Topics: Voice, Tvs, Directors, Unfriendly

I'm a fan of the mythos of Atlanta hip-hop, and it's something I grew up imagining. It was very interesting to get there and see the real version of this world and then reconcile the differences between what's presented as Atlanta hip-hop to the rest of the world and what the real, breathing version of it is.

source: - "Q&A: Atlanta Director Hiro Murai On Working With Donald Glover, Dream Logic, And That 'Black Justin Bieber' Episode". Interview with Eric Ducker, www.mtv.com. October 4, 2016.

Topics: Real, Breathing, Differences