Jay Duplass

Independent filmmaking burns off a lot of storytelling fat.

— Jay Duplass

In ultralight backpacking, modified gear pieces come into play, like a tent you hoist with your trekking poles.

— Jay Duplass

It is very common for people to come up to the cast members and say, 'Our family is OK now because of…

— Jay Duplass

Now that I'm acting, I've realized that I don't have a lot of barriers. Certain actors have a hard time with anger…

— Jay Duplass

I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.

— Jay Duplass

I always tell young filmmakers, don't go make a feature. Make a short. When you're ready to make a feature, people will…

— Jay Duplass

Our brains will destroy ourselves if we don't put it outward.

— Jay Duplass

When you grow up in New Orleans, like, the only way to be an artist is to be a 55-year-old black musician.…

— Jay Duplass

An interview is only as good as both parties are willing to give to the interview and that includes the interviewer.

— Jay Duplass

I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot, and that school's good for puking up all your bad…

— Jay Duplass

Breakups usually don't happen down by the river with beautiful lighting. The moment you realize your relationship may be over might happen…

— Jay Duplass

My wife is a social worker and a feminist, and it feels natural to me to have these relationships with these powerhouse…

— Jay Duplass

If we are to maintain a relevant and just industry, we must all open our eyes to the obvious lack of equality…

— Jay Duplass

My whole life, I've been the one in my family that's always too emotional and too sensitive. That's, like, my role in…

— Jay Duplass

I think the press mistakenly thought that all of these 'mumblecore' filmmakers were banded together in a similar ideology, but the truth…

— Jay Duplass

I do own a unicycle, which I use for workout purposes as opposed to doing tricks.

— Jay Duplass

We don't work in the traditional TV format where we're like writing concurrently to shooting. Like, we really view it as a…

— Jay Duplass

On 'Transparent,' I work closely with LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming people who are now my close friends - truth be told, we're all…

— Jay Duplass

The first 600 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, before you get into the Sierra Nevada mountain range, is heavy on desert.…

— Jay Duplass

From casting to hiring to awards races like the Emmys, taking active steps toward inclusion will make for richer stories, a stronger…

— Jay Duplass

It's just that the nature of being a director is being incredibly overwhelmed with getting the shots right, dealing with the locations,…

— Jay Duplass

I grew up Catholic, and I am a pretty shy person.

— Jay Duplass

I'm obsessed with 'The Americans.' It's one of my favorite shows. I also love 'Baskets' - low-brow, high-art comedy.

— Jay Duplass

Most people in Hollywood are making about 10 percent of all the things they're considering; I am making 95 percent.

— Jay Duplass

I grew up in a small, old-school Catholic world, imprinted with an above-average number of categories and judgments.

— Jay Duplass