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title: "4 Connect Quotes By Lynn Shelton"
description: "4 Connect quotes by Lynn Shelton. Plus more from Lynn Shelton and more Connect sayings from other authors."
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> [All we really want in life is to connect to other human beings, and when you desperately want to connect physically to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/all-we-really-want-in-life-is-to-connect-to-other-human-beings-and/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/lynn-shelton-16741_being_all-we-really-want-in-life-is-to-connect_1471313.jpg)

> [We're all flawed, and we all make mistakes, and we all have weaknesses. And those are the kind of people I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/we-re-all-flawed-and-we-all-make-mistakes-and-we-all-have-weaknesses/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/lynn-shelton-16741_because_we-re-all-flawed-and-we-all-make-mistake_1718242.jpg)

> [I'm drawn again and again to relationships between people who really, really want to connect and just can't get out of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/i-m-drawn-again-and-again-to-relationships-between-people-who-really/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/lynn-shelton-16741_again_i-m-drawn-again-and-again-to-relationshi_2443507.jpg)

> [I can connect with whoever I want to connect with in the world. And I can also write my own script. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/i-can-connect-with-whoever-i-want-to-connect-with-in-the-world-and-i/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/lynn-shelton-16741_also_i-can-connect-with-whoever-i-want-to-con_2903609.jpg)

## Other authors on Connect

## More by Lynn Shelton

> [For me, I want to see diversity in storytelling sources because we live in a very diverse society, and the stories are for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/for-me-i-want-to-see-diversity-in-storytelling-sources-because-we/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [I hope to keep working with television. I wouldn't mind doing more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/i-hope-to-keep-working-with-television-i-wouldn-t-mind-doing-more/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [The first time I ever intersected with the quote unquote industry or Hollywood or being given a paid job as a director all came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/the-first-time-i-ever-intersected-with-the-quote-unquote-industry-or/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/so-many-people-have-said-this-but-it-s-true-95-percent-of-what-i-do/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [You wake up one day and you realize that all these years have gone by and I have this mortgage and I have this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/you-wake-up-one-day-and-you-realize-that-all-these-years-have-gone-by/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [It's just not enough time on set. That's my favorite time. I live for that time on set. I feel like that's when I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/it-s-just-not-enough-time-on-set-that-s-my-favorite-time-i-live-for/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [If I don't have to think about the commercial aspect of it, then I feel like I'm going to make better films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/if-i-don-t-have-to-think-about-the-commercial-aspect-of-it-then-i/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [I always wanted the actors to feel really free to leave the words behind if they weren't working, reword lines, if they felt like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/i-always-wanted-the-actors-to-feel-really-free-to-leave-the-words/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [I try to build relationships with the actors, at least to some degree beforehand, whether it's phone calls because I'm from Seattle or all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/i-try-to-build-relationships-with-the-actors-at-least-to-some-degree/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [I feel like this is the way I was meant to interact with acting. Which is as a director, and helping, working with actors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/i-feel-like-this-is-the-way-i-was-meant-to-interact-with-acting-which/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [My mom was in education, and I remember reading in one of her books about multiple intelligences - this whole theory about how there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/my-mom-was-in-education-and-i-remember-reading-in-one-of-her-books/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [I just really feel so grateful to Sundance because I've always been an artist and I've never been able to make a living at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/i-just-really-feel-so-grateful-to-sundance-because-i-ve-always-been/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [I like to put people into situations that are out of their comfort zone and see what happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/i-like-to-put-people-into-situations-that-are-out-of-their-comfort/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [When I started working in film, I loved photography, I loved the image, I loved telling the story within a frame, but as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/when-i-started-working-in-film-i-loved-photography-i-loved-the-image/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

> [I'd love for there to be a situation - a world in which that's just not even a question anymore. We are all filmmakers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-shelton/i-d-love-for-there-to-be-a-situation-a-world-in-which-that-s-just-not/)

[Lynn Shelton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-shelton/)

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