Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence. Jay Duplass Read Quote
I do own a unicycle, which I use for workout purposes as opposed to doing tricks. Jay Duplass Read Quote
I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot, and that school’s good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist. Jay Duplass Read Quote
I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me. I do a lot of other creative stuff but am not very good at it. Jay Duplass Read Quote
Now that I’m acting, I’ve realized that I don’t have a lot of barriers. Certain actors have a hard time with anger or with joy or with whatever, and, I don’t know, I don’t seem to have those barriers. Jay Duplass Read Quote
I had to live on $17,000 a year until I was 33, because I was a failed artist until I was 29, when I made my first short film that went to Sundance. Jay Duplass Read Quote
When you grow up in New Orleans, like, the only way to be an artist is to be a 55-year-old black musician. That’s basically what we wanted to be. If you had asked me very truthfully what I wanted to be when I was 16, the answer would’ve been, ‘I want to be a 55-year-old black musician.’ Jay Duplass Read Quote
From casting to hiring to awards races like the Emmys, taking active steps toward inclusion will make for richer stories, a stronger democracy, and a better world. Jay Duplass Read Quote
