Barry Jenkins Quotes
It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
Quotes to Explore
-
When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.
-
Since 2000, I've been based in Paris at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, curating the programme there. Internationally, it's a very open situation that goes beyond national boundaries; directors and curators move from one country to another, which has opened up the museum landscape.
-
I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.
-
A lot of my work is about equalizing things and kind of destroying any barrier between what's high and low, or what's deep or what's shallow, complex or simple. I hope I'm ever-changing.
-
I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
-
Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
-
I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
-
I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.
-
I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
-
One of the main characteristics that differentiates Dubai from other commercial centres is its openness to innovation and the freedoms it grants people and institutions to operate.
-
I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.
-
TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.
-
The more of what our music does violates the premise of its format that it's presented in, the better. So, hearing our music in the supermarket, a Muzak version, is great.
-
Honesty is something you can't wear out.
-
The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
-
What I love about acting is trying things and screwing up, then trying again, all in this protected little bubble. That's living the dream.
-
I definitely like to play characters that don't fit any kind of mold; that are slightly offbeat, because it's more fun to play.
-
I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it.
-
To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
-
Many of my clients have become close friends, and that informs the clothing I design for them. Julianna Margulies was introduced to me by her publicist many years ago, and we've been good friends ever since.
-
New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.
-
Then in 1969, I spent the spring term at Cornell University in New York. The invasion of August 1968 had already happened, but the hardline regime took several months to crack down on dissidents.
-
It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
