I always ask the actors, 'What have you never done before?' — Courtney A. Kemp Actor Copy Share Image
I love 'Archer.' That's one of the best-written shows out there. — Courtney A. Kemp Archer Copy Share Image
The show runner's the boss until the network shows up. And then they're the boss, because it's their money. — Courtney A. Kemp Boss Copy Share Image
I say a prayer several times a day about what I can control and what I can't control. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
If you are other, you don't think twice about hiring people who are other. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
Not many people get to create a television show that actually makes it on the air. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I very much want to write about some elements of my own growing up. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
Ultimately, at the end of the day, taking a chance on 'Power' is taking a chance on me. — Courtney A. Kemp Chance Copy Share Image
I'm seeing more and more people of color do what I do as showrunners, and that's so great. I would love to… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I first became a showrunner at 36 years old. I had no experience doing this job, which is as complicated and multi-faceted… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
There's always going to be a part of me that wants an Emmy. Truthfully, I'm probably more motivated by people being entertained.… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
People are realizing that there is a financial consequence to not opening doors. It doesn't mean that they are any more inclusive… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
When I was pitching 'Power,' I had an executive say, 'Well, I already have a black show.' He said that right to… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I called my show 'Power' because, for me, the whole series is about the way my main character, Ghost, is power-less over… — Courtney A. Kemp Character Copy Share Image
Comedians are on the road so much that when they're just getting to act and sit in one place, they're really grateful… — Courtney A. Kemp Comedians Copy Share Image
New York is the center of the world. I grew up in Connecticut, outside of the city, and my father commuted to… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
My experience as a black woman in the industry is simply that often I was the only one in the room. Often… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
It... does... not... have... to... be... pointed out all the time. Like, 'Isn't it great that you're black, and you're a woman?'… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I worked at 'Mademoiselle,' and then it shut, and I worked at 'GQ' for three years, during which I was freelancing. I… — Courtney A. Kemp Entertainment Copy Share Image
The Shawshank Redemption' isn't a movie about a black guy and a white guy who become friends - it's a movie about… — Courtney A. Kemp Emotions Copy Share Image
The revolution is that we can be anything. We don't have to be one thing or the other. The idea that it… — Courtney A. Kemp Black people Copy Share Image
My parents were 30 years older than I was, and my parents had my brother and I ten years apart. My parents… — Courtney A. Kemp Being Copy Share Image
Great power is setting a goal, working hard for it, and achieving it in exactly the way you expected with no consequences… — Courtney A. Kemp Goals Copy Share Image
I think television is about the characters you want to see again, and so you want to invite these people into your… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be a professor; then I ran screaming from there into magazine journalism. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
There's hip-hop music in 'Power,' but the show is not about the hip-hop industry. — Courtney A. Kemp Hip hop Copy Share Image
Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff. — Courtney A. Kemp Being Copy Share Image
The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family. — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
