As a film-maker, I certainly don't want to be put into some box. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I made a film about a person living with a disability. Those kinds of films are often about the disability, not who… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years.… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
It is our stories [classic Disney films] that make us human - so Owen [Suskind] has become an expert in what connects… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
When I visited Africa to make my film 'Music by Prudence,' I was struck by how intensely religious and socially conservative Africans… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I wasn't that much of a Disney buff growing up, but I love the mystical and magical nature of Peter Pan, and… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
[Zwarte Piet] is unfortunate, and just like the early American blackface films, if it offends a segment of the population, it shouldn't… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Wiseman's films are some of the most pure cinema, and to take a journey in a Wiseman film is like no other.… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I realized that Owen [Suskind] is completely brilliant, because he embraced and memorized all these classic Disney films - these fables that… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Toward the end of the film ['Life, Animated'] we see 'The Sidekicks Story,' and that is a story that Owen drew himself.… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
While shooting in Uganda in 2011, the conservative evangelical pastors I was filming - the most ardent supporters of the country's now infamous Anti-Homosexuality… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, 'Why… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
My mother worked as a maid, cleaning the fraternity dorm of the local college. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
As Mike Bickle said to me, there is a spiritual battle going on in the world, and he believes that in America marriage between… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I agree that Scott Lively is marginal, and that is exactly why evangelicals must not let him speak for them. But in Uganda, Scott… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
Racism is a global problem and it is as damaging to Whites as it is to non-Whites. Everyone must fight against it. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I both didn't know Owen [Suskind] beforehand and didn't have any connection to the autistic community. But Owen wasn't really a problem, because he… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I grew up in the church, and I went into the production of 'God Loves Uganda' intending to raise awareness of the abuse of… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
I began filming 'God Loves Uganda' by first meeting some of the Ugandan and American missionaries who have helped create Uganda's evangelical movement. They… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
Even after I won the Oscar, my phone did not ring. No one called me to fund films or offer projects. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share
![“I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years. Disney has updated them, and made them accessible for us.” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/69e/roger-ross-williams-5118_classic_i-mentioned-before-these-classic-disney_2429370.jpg)
![“It is our stories [classic Disney films] that make us human - so Owen [Suskind] has become an expert in what connects us and makes us human. That got to me, the power of these stories, and the lessons these tales give us to create the connection between us.” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ef3/roger-ross-williams-5118_classic_it-is-our-stories-classic-disney-films-t_2694228.jpg)
![“I wasn't that much of a Disney buff growing up, but I love the mystical and magical nature of Peter Pan, and I have connected with that character through Owen [Suskind] in making this film ["Life, Animated"].” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9b2/roger-ross-williams-5118_animated_i-wasn-t-that-much-of-a-disney-buff-grow_3110388.jpg)
![“[Zwarte Piet] is unfortunate, and just like the early American blackface films, if it offends a segment of the population, it shouldn't be shown again.” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/47b/roger-ross-williams-5118_blackface_zwarte-piet-is-unfortunate-and-just-like_2936566.jpg)
![“I realized that Owen [Suskind] is completely brilliant, because he embraced and memorized all these classic Disney films - these fables that chronicle the hero's journey, and have existed for thousands of years. Owen, in a sense, grew up on a diet of myth and fable, and has become an expert on…” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/274/roger-ross-williams-5118_brilliant_i-realized-that-owen-suskind-is-complete_1670757.jpg)
![“Toward the end of the film ['Life, Animated'] we see 'The Sidekicks Story,' and that is a story that Owen drew himself. We took that style, which is decidedly different from Disney animation, and used it as a basis. It's a 'two-dimensional' hand drawn animated form, so I went to this company in…” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5fc/roger-ross-williams-5118_animated_toward-the-end-of-the-film-life-animated_3129911.jpg)
