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> [It's easy to forget history or give it a cliff notes. The cliff notes of history. But mainly, so much of what happens in 'Eyes on the Prize' happened in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi isn't really known for any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/it-s-easy-to-forget-history-or-give-it-a-cliff-notes-the-cliff-notes/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

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## More by Tate Taylor

> [After all, the ordinary hero hiding in each of us is often the most powerful catalyst for change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/after-all-the-ordinary-hero-hiding-in-each-of-us-is-often-the-most/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [It's easy to forget history or give it a cliff notes. The cliff notes of history. But mainly, so much of what happens in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/it-s-easy-to-forget-history-or-give-it-a-cliff-notes-the-cliff-notes/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [To write, you have to know how to act and know about directing. To act, you also need to know how to write and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/to-write-you-have-to-know-how-to-act-and-know-about-directing-to-act/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/i-knew-i-had-to-write-a-good-screenplay-to-be-taken-seriously-and-i/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [There's the movie you write, there's the movie you shoot and the movie you edit, and often, you find that you're getting the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/there-s-the-movie-you-write-there-s-the-movie-you-shoot-and-the-movie/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [I love going back in time, and the only time you can really do that is on a movie set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/i-love-going-back-in-time-and-the-only-time-you-can-really-do-that-is/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [I met this woman who was a hundred, this housekeeper, a hundred years old. I interviewed her. She just told me about her whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/i-met-this-woman-who-was-a-hundred-this-housekeeper-a-hundred-years/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/people-return-my-phone-calls-now-which-is-really-interesting-i-ll/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you lure your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/in-the-south-we-tell-stories-we-tell-stories-if-you-re-in-a-sales/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/as-a-writer-as-much-as-i-try-i-can-t-stop-writing-female-characters/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/i-don-t-steer-towards-anything-i-steer-towards-character-and-truth-if/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

> [Everybody in the South loves the one closeted homosexual who's married. It's just too funny to not have in a movie about the South.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-taylor/everybody-in-the-south-loves-the-one-closeted-homosexual-who-s/)

[Tate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-taylor/)

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