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> [My first job was cutting grass. In Miami, this grass grows everywhere. You just get the lawn mower out, walk down the neighborhood, cut grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/my-first-job-was-cutting-grass-in-miami-this-grass-grows-everywhere/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

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## More by Barry Jenkins

> [I'm process-orientated. Awards, by their nature, are results-orientated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/i-m-process-orientated-awards-by-their-nature-are-results-orientated/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [I'm very much a person of nurture over nature. When the world is not nurturing, it can really change a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/i-m-very-much-a-person-of-nurture-over-nature-when-the-world-is-not/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/i-don-t-choose-to-make-movies-as-small-as-the-movies-i-ve-made-the/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/i-wasn-t-known-as-a-neighborhood-tough-or-anything-like-that-but-yeah/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [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?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/i-didn-t-really-want-to-be-a-filmmaker-growing-up-other-than-spike/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/i-think-it-s-really-important-to-remind-reinforce-people-that-their/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [Until 'Moonlight,' I had never seen one black man cook for another on screen. But I wanted the characters to be free of 'groundbreaking'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/until-moonlight-i-had-never-seen-one-black-man-cook-for-another-on/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [I love production. I could do it 365 days a year. Post is different. It's just too slow, and everything is very finite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/i-love-production-i-could-do-it-365-days-a-year-post-is-different-it/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/making-films-it-gave-me-a-voice-legitimately-saved-me/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> ['Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/moonlight-changed-me-to-see-people-so-moved-by-this-movie-inspires-me/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/growing-up-i-wasn-t-the-most-vocal-kid-in-the-world-i-feel-like-i/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/the-way-i-work-things-are-very-nuanced-not-everything-is-explained/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/i-grew-up-really-poor-and-have-always-been-the-type-of-person-who/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/i-ve-worked-at-this-film-festival-in-telluride-called-the-telluride/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

> [I think everybody can identify, you know, with this sort of struggle to decide for yourself who you are, you know, and what your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-jenkins/i-think-everybody-can-identify-you-know-with-this-sort-of-struggle-to/)

[Barry Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-jenkins/)

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