Love stories require an obstacle between the lovers, something that keeps them from one another. You have to yearn for the love that can't be fulfilled. And it gets harder to conceive of viable cultural or racial or sexual obstacles… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I don't know if I ever entertained an academic career, nor did I ever think I'd become a feature film-maker in the market. — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Feminist theory has left an indelible mark on my own critical—and creative—thinking . . . For me, everything I questioned about what it meant… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I'm used to always having struggles getting finances together and keeping precarious budgets alive in the independent film world. — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
It's funny: I don't feel like I have any particular privileged feeling for the Fifties. — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters. — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Looking at photographs of New York in 1952, you find a powerfully pre-Eisenhower era - sagging, tired, distressed - and the palette is slightly dissonant. — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I think many of the ideas that opened up in the '60s got implemented in the '70s and that certain minority voices that were… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Films like 'The Godfather,' 'Chinatown' and 'The Exorcist' brought a realism and currency and understatement to their genres that we wanted for 'Mildred Pierce.' — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
There were interesting ways that queerness could hide out and get played out pre-Stonewall. It is part of a vast history that is getting… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
It's very funny because every time I make a movie, and I've heard this re-echoed by other filmmakers and actors I have worked with,… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
What was so interesting about the glam era was that it was about bisexuality and breaking down the boundaries between gays and straights, breaking… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
My films have often looked at the whole dilemma of identity as a straitjacket for people, for societies, for cultures, for historical moments. — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
