My first job was cutting grass. In Miami, this grass grows everywhere. You just get the lawn mower out, walk down the neighborhood, cut grass. — 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
