I don't have a desire to make films that have cardboard cut-out or Hollywood stand-in replicas of humans. I need the real… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
We're all flawed, and we all make mistakes, and we all have weaknesses. And those are the kind of people I want… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
Truth be told, I hear stories every day that would make you say, 'If you put that in a movie, you wouldn't… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
Flaws make us all human, and you're rooting for characters because of those flaws. It's ageless if you're interested in relationships and… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker,… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I always knew that I was an artist. I never expected to be able to make a living. — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
For me, I want to see diversity in storytelling sources because we live in a very diverse society, and the stories are for the… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
The first time I ever intersected with the quote unquote industry or Hollywood or being given a paid job as a director all came… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
You wake up one day and you realize that all these years have gone by and I have this mortgage and I have this… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
It's just not enough time on set. That's my favorite time. I live for that time on set. I feel like that's when I'm… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
If I don't have to think about the commercial aspect of it, then I feel like I'm going to make better films. — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I always wanted the actors to feel really free to leave the words behind if they weren't working, reword lines, if they felt like… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I try to build relationships with the actors, at least to some degree beforehand, whether it's phone calls because I'm from Seattle or all… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I feel like this is the way I was meant to interact with acting. Which is as a director, and helping, working with actors… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
My mom was in education, and I remember reading in one of her books about multiple intelligences - this whole theory about how there… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I just really feel so grateful to Sundance because I've always been an artist and I've never been able to make a living at… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
