A lot of people say, 'Well, I'm just not political.' And I think: Do you have a bank account? You're political. Not to be political is a very privileged position. If you can go through life and not worry that… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Being at Bard puts me in a world where I feel like I'm in a constant conversation about film that I find challenging and that keeps me turned on. As if having Hollywood come calling is everybody's dream. As if… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Well, the reason that I teach at Bard is because it's a largely avant-garde program. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
To some degree I'm tied to the budgets I can raise. And that starts to very much affect you... originally I always shot outside… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
In my world, when I'm making work, when I go to my core group of people that I've been going to for 20 years… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Hollywood's never been that appealing a world to me. It's just not my thing. I, just as a dummy, thought that was the only… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
People make art for reasons other than money. People make art because they're compelled to, it's how they deal with the world or how… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Happiness is a strange word. So conclusive. Happiness is a thing that happens for a moment. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
It's funny, every time I start work on a new script, it feels like I'm going outside my comfort zone. But by the time… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
When I started teaching originally, I was teaching at NYU, which was not a good fit at all. It was one girl for every… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I got into photography in sixth grade. My father let me use his camera and then got me my first Pentax K1000. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Jean-Pierre Melville is a favorite filmmaker of mine, I love the Hollywood New Wave, but that genre is made of films about men made… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Friendship has made my life so rich and making things with people who are your friends... these are now decades-long relationships that are deep… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
