America Quote by Ira Sachs

There are a lot of queers starved for entertainment from their own community.

— Michelle Tea

A lot of gay-themed films are terrible. And mainstream audiences and the press aren't interested, understandably.

— Andrew Haigh

Since we get so much love and support from the queer community around the world, we really wanted to connect with U.S. audiences too…

— Jessica Origliasso

Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.

— Ira Sachs

The gay community has had a sometimes tumultuous relationship with non-queer people coming to their shows because it was tourism, like using the queer…

— Courtney Act

Without homosexuals there'd be no Hollywood.

— Elizabeth Taylor

I got my heart broken to find out that the independent film community was so unwelcoming. It was not open to women and it…

— Kelly Reichardt

I'd be fine if there weren't film festivals, and you just made your films and didn't have to do anything from that point on.…

— Richard Linklater

The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a…

— Keanu Reeves

It's not enough for Hollywood to make a bunch of gay movies. That's obviously a big part of the equation, but then gay people…

— Billy Eichner

The term 'new queer cinema' and the films of mine that were associated with that term are from a very, very different time, one…

— Todd Haynes

I hope we see more avenues for representation. More TV shows and films starring queer people, especially QPOC and nonbinary folks, more mainstream press…

— Sasha Velour