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… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
After all, the ordinary hero hiding in each of us is often the most powerful catalyst for change. — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
To write, you have to know how to act and know about directing. To act, you also need to know how to write and… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
I love going back in time, and the only time you can really do that is on a movie set. — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
I met this woman who was a hundred, this housekeeper, a hundred years old. I interviewed her. She just told me about her whole… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
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.… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
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.… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
