I met this woman who was a hundred, this housekeeper, a hundred years old. I interviewed her. She just told me about her whole life. She's like, 'I can't read, I can't write; I can tell you who I was… — 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
