I always find it fascinating to ask people, why they've chosen to live their life as an artist? Why be an actor, a singer, an author, a filmmaker? I've heard such inspiring answers to that question. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
We're living based on laws and ideas that we, as a society, embraced back in the days of slavery. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for people who… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
Netflix represents, as well as all the streaming services, something that I've been talking about being so important to inclusive voices around films. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
I've been to Sundance eight times as a publicist and thought I was very prepared. I mean, who could've been more prepared for me?… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
I think it's a wonderful time to be a black woman who makes films. It's a good time to be an artist period. Traditional… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
I make films about black women and it doesn't mean that you can't see them as a black man, doesn't mean that he can't… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
The documentaries were something that I could do for a small amount of money, and then I felt like as long as I found… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
I know that sounds a little bit corny, but I've found some solace in that. I hope art can continue to do that for… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
We have to find new ways to work without permission, new ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed off to… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
We're a new world and it's not pretty. It's going to be for the brave to figure out how to survive in this. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share
