Taylor Sheridan

Sugarcoating doesn't do anybody any good.

— Taylor Sheridan

When I write a movie, I write it for me.

— Taylor Sheridan

I believe in the Constitution - and I believe in common sense.

— Taylor Sheridan

I'm not the guy to ask to write a sequel.

— Taylor Sheridan

Honest communication is a rare thing.

— Taylor Sheridan

I saved every script I'd ever worked on as an actor.

— Taylor Sheridan

I just lost interest in performing.

— Taylor Sheridan

I was surprised by how much I liked 'Hacksaw Ridge' and its depth.

— Taylor Sheridan

You know that saying, 'You broke it, you bought it'? With horses, if you don't make sure it's a good fit... they…

— Taylor Sheridan

I mean... directing is a holy, unpleasant experience, to be perfectly honest.

— Taylor Sheridan

Bad people sometimes do good things, and good people do really bad things or do something the audience disagrees with.

— Taylor Sheridan

I don't write tracking shots in my screenplays or any camera directions, but I do try to give a sense of how…

— Taylor Sheridan

While I feel it's important for films to examine our society, I don't particularly like watching the films that do it.

— Taylor Sheridan

To me, a purely good individual or purely bad individual, that's a comic book - that's a fantasy - and I don't…

— Taylor Sheridan

As a filmmaker, you have to stand in front of what you did and make choices that you could do with a…

— Taylor Sheridan

I think I was a decent actor, but it took a lot of work for me to make a choice on how…

— Taylor Sheridan

In 2005, I visited my home state of Texas, spending time on a ranch outside the town of Post. Then spending some…

— Taylor Sheridan

Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I…

— Taylor Sheridan

Part of our job as storytellers is to show people pockets of the world that they don't know. The more we understand,…

— Taylor Sheridan

I had three attorneys dedicated solely to find the statistic of the number of missing Native American women on reservations. Any reservation,…

— Taylor Sheridan

I look for absurdly simple plots so that I can simply focus on the characters. Having an understanding of what dialogue's easy…

— Taylor Sheridan

To me, 'Unforgiven' is one of the best films ever made. Aside from the fact it takes the genre and kicks it…

— Taylor Sheridan

In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that…

— Taylor Sheridan

I was going to be the head wrangler at a ranch in Wyoming, and the reason I didn't take the job is…

— Taylor Sheridan

I can recognize a good actor. I can recognize someone that can convey emotion and that has the essence and not get…

— Taylor Sheridan

I think 'In The Heat Of The Night' was one of the most influential films on me. Looking back now, I can…

— Taylor Sheridan

Plot is just not my gift. I'm fascinated with complex characters, and that doesn't mix well with complex plots. And by the…

— Taylor Sheridan

Think about 'GoodFellas': It could be a textbook on how not to write a screenplay. It leans on voice-over at the beginning,…

— Taylor Sheridan

Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger…

— Taylor Sheridan

One of the major issues that's constantly batted around Hollywood and the media is my industry's responsibility toward the portrayal of violence.…

— Taylor Sheridan

In 2011, I was in Hollywood peddling 'Sicario' to constant and resounding 'no's. Texas was suffering the worst drought on record. Wildfires…

— Taylor Sheridan

I love to play with the notion of who the protagonist is - who is the audience supposed to root for? I…

— Taylor Sheridan

I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.

— Taylor Sheridan

As a television actor, I was held to a tight, rigid structure.

— Taylor Sheridan

I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.

— Taylor Sheridan

I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.

— Taylor Sheridan

I finished 'Hell or High Water' and started writing 'Wind River' literally the next day.

— Taylor Sheridan

Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it…

— Taylor Sheridan

Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'

— Taylor Sheridan

I wanted 'Hell or High Water' to feel like a road movie and an exciting, fun film - until it's not.

— Taylor Sheridan