53 Quotes by Barry Jenkins

Film is not an amazing medium to relay interiority. I think literature is much better for that.

I got into film school. I went and didn't know anything about it. Over the course of two years, I kind of got kind of good at it. You know, I had a brief moment where I wasn't sure if I could do it. I didn't know you needed light to expose film.

I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn. I was an usher. Cleaned toilets, everything. Grew up there as a kid.

I wasn't known as a neighborhood tough or anything like that. But yeah, I was, like, a scrappy kid. You know, I kind of kept to myself, you know?

I really sort of kept to myself. I kind of just watched the world. And I think to keep people from messing with me, yeah, you know, I went out to run track. I went out for the football team. Not because I love track or love football.

I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.

As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.

I'm process-orientated. Awards, by their nature, are results-orientated.

Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.