Lynn Shelton

Hmm, can I be obvious and say there is probably a double standard for male vs. female directors? Sadly, I think that's…

— Lynn Shelton

Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker,…

— Lynn Shelton

I'm drawn again and again to relationships between people who really, really want to connect and just can't get out of their…

— Lynn Shelton

I'd always wanted to work in television once I found out that they started to hire independent filmmakers to direct.

— Lynn Shelton

It feels to me like everyone is going to do their best work when they feel emotionally safe.

— Lynn Shelton

I like being able to just turn the microscope on a small number of people, get to know them, drop into their…

— Lynn Shelton

Making art, being creative, is risky, especially for actors, but everybody on the set is being creative. You're putting yourself out there…

— Lynn Shelton

I always knew that I was an artist. I never expected to be able to make a living.

— Lynn Shelton

I can connect with whoever I want to connect with in the world. And I can also write my own script. I…

— Lynn Shelton

By the time I hit college, my secret shame was the reason I was an actor was my own words sort of…

— Lynn Shelton

Before adolescence I had an incredible voice. Like when I was 12, 13, 14 - I was taking acting classes, I was…

— Lynn Shelton

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.

— Lynn Shelton

In the collaborative process, you create a real intimacy; everybody ends up sharing personal stories and personal observations and their philosophies, their…

— Lynn Shelton

I'm really fascinated by the self and how our selves shift and change over time and in relationship to different people.

— Lynn Shelton