Roger Ross Williams

Hollywood has to diversify.

— Roger Ross Williams

Film has to reflect the real world.

— Roger Ross Williams

I'm a recovering journalist, I should say.

— Roger Ross Williams

I grew up poor, black, and working class.

— Roger Ross Williams

Someone told me once that I'm worse than a dog, I'm the scum of the earth, so for me it was draining.

— Roger Ross Williams

I escaped my destiny. The odds were that I would end up in prison, but I didn't.

— Roger Ross Williams

Often, films about people with disabilities are from the outside looking in.

— Roger Ross Williams

I felt like I was an outsider growing up in the black church, as a gay man, in a poor community.

— Roger Ross Williams

Even after I won the Oscar, my phone did not ring. No one called me to fund films or offer projects.

— Roger Ross Williams

The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important.

— Roger Ross Williams

All too often, white documentary filmmakers are the ones telling the stories of people of color.

— Roger Ross Williams

As a film-maker, I certainly don't want to be put into some box.

— Roger Ross Williams

Uganda can greatly benefit from American evangelicals if they separate the Scott Lively extremists from the Rick Warren-type of moderate evangelicals.

— Roger Ross Williams

I love 'Jungle Book' and all the classics growing up, but what I learned about this is that these Disney films are…

— Roger Ross Williams

The more I learned about religion in Africa, the more intrigued I became. It was as if the continent was gripped with…

— Roger Ross Williams

There is much institutionalized racism in The Netherlands and the non-White population is just now beginning to fight for their rights.

— Roger Ross Williams

There are simply too many Academy members who were voted in during a less inclusive era and still remain a large voting…

— Roger Ross Williams

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

Don't boycott the Oscars. Staying away from something that needs to change is no way to change it. Instead, let's help them…

— Roger Ross Williams

Lack of diversity in Hollywood has been well documented thanks to #OscarSoWhite, but lack of diversity in the documentary world is less…

— Roger Ross Williams

They embrace them because they represent everything that America represents: money, power, and freedom. Why else would you see an old Ugandan…

— Roger Ross Williams

Zwarte Piet, or 'Black Pete,' is a relic from slavery. It is something that should have long been eliminated, and it's very…

— Roger Ross Williams

'Traveling While Black' is about empathy, what African Americans experience in traveling throughout America, and how it hasn't changed that much from…

— Roger Ross Williams

It is our stories [classic Disney films] that make us human - so Owen [Suskind] has become an expert in what connects…

— Roger Ross Williams

I went to church every Sunday and sang in the choir. But for all that the church gave me - for all…

— Roger Ross Williams

As Mike Bickle said to me, there is a spiritual battle going on in the world, and he believes that in America…

— Roger Ross Williams

I think many Dutch just don't know the history of Black Pete, that he is rooted in slavery, and how he was…

— Roger Ross Williams

The Academy just reflects Hollywood. And until we break those barriers, until we have African-American or minority studio executives, 'til we have…

— Roger Ross Williams

It's a horrible feeling to be mocked and ridiculed because of your race.

— Roger Ross Williams

The war against homosexuality in Uganda is fueled by the funds of American Christian missionary churches.

— Roger Ross Williams

My mother worked as a maid, cleaning the fraternity dorm of the local college.

— Roger Ross Williams

That is what I was more drawn to - creating stories while changing and altering reality.

— Roger Ross Williams

My father was a religious leader in the community, and my sister is a pastor.

— Roger Ross Williams

I never watched much TV at home - it just wasn't part of our home culture.

— Roger Ross Williams

Obviously it was an out of body experience to win an Academy Award.

— Roger Ross Williams

I want to look at the community I came from and what role incarceration has played there.

— Roger Ross Williams

I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality.

— Roger Ross Williams

The American evangelical movement in Africa does valuable work in helping the poor.

— Roger Ross Williams

Everyone has relationships. Breakups are hard. Everyone graduates from school.

— Roger Ross Williams

I think we have to work with Hollywood. We have to work in the system and change it.

— Roger Ross Williams