Friendship has made my life so rich and making things with people who are your friends... these are now decades-long relationships that… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I like going off and making films in private, where the hassles of everyday life aren't there. And also, selfishly, you're taking… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
To me I just thought of the tough guys as like these silly Muppets. But getting through life, the heroic thing is… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I've never had a grand plan. I've always tried to work out a life where I can afford to live. You figure… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Waking up and having a project to work on is one of life's great pleasures. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Look, if you're from Florida and you get out of Florida and build a life full of interesting people, then you're successful… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
A lot of people say, 'Well, I'm just not political.' And I think: Do you have a bank account? You're political. Not… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I don't dislike everything I do. Especially with a film, you don't have an easy relationship with it when it's done because… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I'm not great with the production of real life - the car, the insurance, the dentist - all those things that seem… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
A lot of our scripts are based on this question of 'What is our responsibility to each other?' 'What are we meant… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
A long time ago, I felt like, 'If you don't want me, I don't want you,' so I've carved my way around… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I teach for a living, and I make movies when I can. I've never made money from my films. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I didn't really learn how to figure out this filmmaking life from any book. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I was coming to be an adult, the AIDS epidemic happened. Moving to New York, watching that unfold, and watching the activism… — 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