I don't write tracking shots in my screenplays or any camera directions, but I do try to give a sense of how… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
For me, the greatest thing a movie can do is rivet you while you're watching but also give you something to chew… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
I watched a lot of old movies. Clint Eastwood movies, a lot of John Wayne films, a lot of movies that celebrated… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
I didn't know if I could make a good movie. But I knew I could make a respectful one. — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
Think about 'GoodFellas': It could be a textbook on how not to write a screenplay. It leans on voice-over at the beginning,… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
It's very hard for me to go to the movies because I know all the tricks, and I know everybody. I don't… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
I had a one-year-old son. How will my failure or success limit what he becomes? I was trying to write screenplays. It… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
The movies I make - the goal isn't a mass audience. They're not expensive films. So the attempt is to reach a… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
I finished 'Hell or High Water' and started writing 'Wind River' literally the next day. — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.' — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
Sometimes audiences want to see what we're doing to their world. It's our obligation sometimes to reflect it. — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors. — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
To me, a purely good individual or purely bad individual, that's a comic book - that's a fantasy - and I don't do fantasy. — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
I don't know if I've ever met anyone that's purely good or purely evil myself. I think most of us live with some varying… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
Every writer has written a spec. It's the first thing you write, and it basically stands as a means of, 'Here's an example of… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
One of the major issues that's constantly batted around Hollywood and the media is my industry's responsibility toward the portrayal of violence. There's the… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
I work very hard to line up stereotypes and then smash them with a hammer. — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively. — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that unique. And… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
You can really examine the suffering and consequences that happen when there's a loss in a family. — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
In 2005, I visited my home state of Texas, spending time on a ranch outside the town of Post. Then spending some time on… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
I mean... directing is a holy, unpleasant experience, to be perfectly honest. — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
Some of the most fascinating scenes in 'Unforgiven,' for me, is that scene with Gene Hackman where he's talking about the Duke of Death… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share
