I was coming to be an adult, the AIDS epidemic happened. Moving to New York, watching that unfold, and watching the activism around that... it was complete chaos of life, and then this horrific non-response from the powers that be.… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Well, the reason that I teach at Bard is because it's a largely avant-garde program. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
To some degree I'm tied to the budgets I can raise. And that starts to very much affect you... originally I always shot outside… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
In my world, when I'm making work, when I go to my core group of people that I've been going to for 20 years… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Hollywood's never been that appealing a world to me. It's just not my thing. I, just as a dummy, thought that was the only… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
People make art for reasons other than money. People make art because they're compelled to, it's how they deal with the world or how… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Happiness is a strange word. So conclusive. Happiness is a thing that happens for a moment. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
It's funny, every time I start work on a new script, it feels like I'm going outside my comfort zone. But by the time… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
When I started teaching originally, I was teaching at NYU, which was not a good fit at all. It was one girl for every… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I got into photography in sixth grade. My father let me use his camera and then got me my first Pentax K1000. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Jean-Pierre Melville is a favorite filmmaker of mine, I love the Hollywood New Wave, but that genre is made of films about men made… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Friendship has made my life so rich and making things with people who are your friends... these are now decades-long relationships that are deep… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
