By the time I hit college, my secret shame was the reason I was an actor was my own words sort of dried up. I stopped writing. I stopped being able to form my own vision. That's actually what my… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
For me, I want to see diversity in storytelling sources because we live in a very diverse society, and the stories are for the… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
The first time I ever intersected with the quote unquote industry or Hollywood or being given a paid job as a director all came… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
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… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
You wake up one day and you realize that all these years have gone by and I have this mortgage and I have this… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
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… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
If I don't have to think about the commercial aspect of it, then I feel like I'm going to make better films. — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
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… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
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… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I feel like this is the way I was meant to interact with acting. Which is as a director, and helping, working with actors… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
My mom was in education, and I remember reading in one of her books about multiple intelligences - this whole theory about how there… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
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… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I like to put people into situations that are out of their comfort zone and see what happens. — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
When I started working in film, I loved photography, I loved the image, I loved telling the story within a frame, but as I… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
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… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
