The establishment wants to connect with people who are like them, and I wasn't. I'm a black gay man from a poor working-class family. Most of the people who look like me are in prison. — 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
