Sometimes, how you ingest this idea of masculinity as projected onto you by the world could be the difference of life and death. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
We are carrying these images out into the world, and we can't control how people contextualize those images no matter how virtuous our aspirations and our intentions are. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
I'm process-orientated. Awards, by their nature, are results-orientated. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
I'm very much a person of nurture over nature. When the world is not nurturing, it can really change a man. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
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… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
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… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
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?'… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
Until 'Moonlight,' I had never seen one black man cook for another on screen. But I wanted the characters to be free of 'groundbreaking'… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
I love production. I could do it 365 days a year. Post is different. It's just too slow, and everything is very finite. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
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,… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained. — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
