Film Quotes by Barry Jenkins

11 Film quotes by Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins offers eleven short reflections on film, each one revealing a piece of his thoughtful approach to storytelling. Though limited in number, the collection gives a clear sense of his view on the medium.

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My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, I'm an independent filmmaker.

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Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself,…

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Filmmaking is a very privileged art form. It costs a lot of money to make these things.

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Film is not an amazing medium to relay interiority. I think literature is much better for that.

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You graduate from film school and move to Hollywood. Hollywood tells you, 'We're not the place for you to make films,' so…

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At school, film-making had been the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me. Then I get to L.A., and it's this…

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I got into film school. I went and didn't know anything about it. Over the course of two years, I kind of…

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'Moonlight' isn't an issue film. It's not about addiction, it's not about sexuality, it's not about identity. It's about all these different…

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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took…

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I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn.…

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I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far…

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I'm process-orientated. Awards, by their nature, are results-orientated.

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I'm very much a person of nurture over nature. When the world is not nurturing, it can really change a man.

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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…

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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…

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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?'…

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I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth.

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Until 'Moonlight,' I had never seen one black man cook for another on screen. But I wanted the characters to be free of 'groundbreaking'…

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I love production. I could do it 365 days a year. Post is different. It's just too slow, and everything is very finite.

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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.

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'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one…

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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,…

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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.

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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the…

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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…

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I think everybody can identify, you know, with this sort of struggle to decide for yourself who you are, you know, and what your…

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