I have to say: We were looking at all of Native American actors, who mostly all work under one casting director. And there's so much talent to be cast. There really is. We saw some really good readings. There's more… — 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 for notes and feedback - God forbid they just think about my feelings! Give me the real feedback. My filmmaking is better because I can count on a real critique. — 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 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 they translate things to the world. For some people it's like food. You need to sit down at the table every day and work or go to your studio every day and for other things to… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share
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 by men. So there is this tradition of the bumbling jerk in a way, that is also a hero in some respect, some of that is just the nature of narrative. — 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 Image
