Taylor Sheridan

I was surprised by how much I liked 'Hacksaw Ridge' and its depth.

— Taylor Sheridan

I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.

— Taylor Sheridan

As a television actor, I was held to a tight, rigid structure.

— Taylor Sheridan

I just lost interest in performing.

— Taylor Sheridan

I'm not the guy to ask to write a sequel.

— Taylor Sheridan

Honest communication is a rare thing.

— Taylor Sheridan

I saved every script I'd ever worked on as an actor.

— Taylor Sheridan

Sugarcoating doesn't do anybody any good.

— Taylor Sheridan

I learned a tremendous amount about dialogue because I suffered as an actor.

— Taylor Sheridan

How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?

— Taylor Sheridan

I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.

— Taylor Sheridan

I work very hard to line up stereotypes and then smash them with a hammer.

— Taylor Sheridan

To get a film in Cannes is a real honor. To have it play and not get booed is a real relief.

— Taylor Sheridan

I didn't know if I could make a good movie. But I knew I could make a respectful one.

— Taylor Sheridan

I sent 'Hell or High Water' to Peter Berg, asking if he'd like to be involved.

— Taylor Sheridan

I broke a lot of conventions. Look, I spent a long time as an actor. I spent a lot of time playing…

— Taylor Sheridan

I don't know if I've ever met anyone that's purely good or purely evil myself. I think most of us live with…

— Taylor Sheridan

My wife was pregnant, and I was doing the math, and I was realizing that I couldn't be living in a two-bedroom…

— Taylor Sheridan

If you want to get an email to Robert Redford, you send it to his assistant, and she prints it out. And…

— Taylor Sheridan

For me, the greatest thing a movie can do is rivet you while you're watching but also give you something to chew…

— Taylor Sheridan

I watched a lot of old movies. Clint Eastwood movies, a lot of John Wayne films, a lot of movies that celebrated…

— Taylor Sheridan

Some of the most fascinating scenes in 'Unforgiven,' for me, is that scene with Gene Hackman where he's talking about the Duke…

— Taylor Sheridan

I spent most of my time as an actor in television, so directors in television - it's such a machine that's already…

— Taylor Sheridan

You set something in modern-day Texas, which is so identifiable as the Old West, and everyone's wearing guns, so it looks like…

— Taylor Sheridan

I love to play with the notion of who the protagonist is - who is the audience supposed to root for? I…

— Taylor Sheridan

Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger…

— Taylor Sheridan

In 2011, I was in Hollywood peddling 'Sicario' to constant and resounding 'no's. Texas was suffering the worst drought on record. Wildfires…

— Taylor Sheridan

One of the major issues that's constantly batted around Hollywood and the media is my industry's responsibility toward the portrayal of violence.…

— Taylor Sheridan

Think about 'GoodFellas': It could be a textbook on how not to write a screenplay. It leans on voice-over at the beginning,…

— Taylor Sheridan

I can recognize a good actor. I can recognize someone that can convey emotion and that has the essence and not get…

— Taylor Sheridan

Plot is just not my gift. I'm fascinated with complex characters, and that doesn't mix well with complex plots. And by the…

— Taylor Sheridan

I think 'In The Heat Of The Night' was one of the most influential films on me. Looking back now, I can…

— Taylor Sheridan

I believe in the Constitution - and I believe in common sense.

— Taylor Sheridan

When I write a movie, I write it for me.

— Taylor Sheridan

Until you've been to Cannes, it's hard to describe to someone the magnitude of that festival.

— Taylor Sheridan

There's not a lot of pure evil in the world, but it's amazing how little it takes to do great damage.

— Taylor Sheridan

Sometimes audiences want to see what we're doing to their world. It's our obligation sometimes to reflect it.

— Taylor Sheridan

If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand…

— Taylor Sheridan

My job is not to give you all the answers. My job is to ask the questions.

— Taylor Sheridan

We can't assign beliefs to people who don't have a voice to express them. And we can't assume what someone thinks.

— Taylor Sheridan