I was working outside the system 'cause I couldn't get into the system. But in fact I like going off and I like editing my own films and I like telling small stories where you can really get into the… — 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
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
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
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
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
Happiness is a strange word. So conclusive. Happiness is a thing that happens for a moment. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
I don't want to watch a movie when it's done because I don't want to look at my editing. I don't want to keep… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share
With the closures of art schools and the drop-off in humanities, you can see where that's a direct loss for the country. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share
It's been a lifetime of trying to have less beef. Beef comes very naturally to me. I was born with my dukes up, but… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share
