I ask everyone - white Hollywood and black Hollywood - to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That's where… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
86% of its audience was made up of people of color. That tells you that the full potential of many black stars… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I just said let's get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
My idea is to integrate black stars into mainstream stars. It hasn't been explored properly. That's what Im doing in Hollywood. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I've never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying to do to change… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I'm born into the cycle of giving that we're all born into, and I recognize it. So just because something is a good business,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
A large portion of American citizens, especially people of color, have lost confidence in our criminal justice system. Many have called for appointing special… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
The best defense for any group of people is what we do to defend other people. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
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