Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself,… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, I'm an independent filmmaker. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
You graduate from film school and move to Hollywood. Hollywood tells you, 'We're not the place for you to make films,' so… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
At school, film-making had been the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me. Then I get to L.A., and it's this… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
Film is not an amazing medium to relay interiority. I think literature is much better for that. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is a very privileged art form. It costs a lot of money to make these things. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn.… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
I got into film school. I went and didn't know anything about it. Over the course of two years, I kind of… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
'Moonlight' isn't an issue film. It's not about addiction, it's not about sexuality, it's not about identity. It's about all these different… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
I'm very much a person of nurture over nature. When the world is not nurturing, it can really change a man. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far under $5… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
I wasn't known as a neighborhood tough or anything like that. But yeah, I was, like, a scrappy kid. You know, I kind of… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
I didn't really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee's movies, I would think, 'Where is a place for me?'… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
Until 'Moonlight,' I had never seen one black man cook for another on screen. But I wanted the characters to be free of 'groundbreaking'… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
I love production. I could do it 365 days a year. Post is different. It's just too slow, and everything is very finite. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
Growing up, I wasn't the most vocal kid in the world. I feel like I learned through observation, and usually, when you're watching things,… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn. I was… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
I think everybody can identify, you know, with this sort of struggle to decide for yourself who you are, you know, and what your… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share
