“I think Charlottesville was shocking for some, but it wasn't for me or...” — Dee Rees Quote

“I think Charlottesville was shocking for some, but it wasn't for me or for my family, I mean, because I grew up in 1980s Nashville.”

“I kept getting offered all this young adult stuff. I don't want to keep telling teen coming-of-age stories!”

“Before Charlottesville, it might have been easy to dismiss the plot of 'Mudbound' as no longer relevant. Now, I feel like audiences will be more receptive to the material - and to interrogating their personal histories after watching it.”

“My stuff lives in Nashville but I live wherever my children are.”

“L.A.'s cool; I had a run with it to where it just pretty much wore me out. I love the weather and I have great friends there, great family, but I really cannot take a lot of the culture. Like Nashville, where everybody's a songwriter, everybody out there is an actor.”

“I wanted to live in Nashville. I wanted to sing country.”