All films are a challenge and they are a harder challenge when dealing with characters of color. — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
I was a political science major before I transferred into film school. — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
When I watch films and it becomes just about the reference and not necessarily a flow with how people naturally speak, that's… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
That's the one drawback of trying to keep up with technology, is that it changes quicker than films can come out. — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
These actors who were in 'Dope' are the actors I want to continue to collaborate and make films with from here on… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make a coming-of-age film, or something about growing up, like 'The Wonder Years,' 'Stand By Me' or 'Diner.' — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
'Black cinema' I don't even know what that means. It's just cinema. When Paul Thomas Anderson makes a movie, we don't just… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
In many ways the film business is behind what's going on culturally. We are a world that is becoming more diverse and… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
When you're young, you sort of have an idea that this is how it's always gonna be as a filmmaker. And then… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
I think Black cinema is thought of in small terms. That's where most of the problems come from. When there's a film… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
Media has become a way that we think about our history. And the media moments are, for better or worse, how we contextualize our… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
Now being 41 and looking back on my career... It became natural for me to revisit Inglewood and to revisit the coming-of-age movie, but… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
I've been a fan of Wendell Pierce for a very long time. He was in one of my early movies and he brings such… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
We're a country of many different cultures, and that's always what has made this country stand out. It almost feels like making diverse movies… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
We all would shudder if what we did, no matter what, in our 20s and early 30s were publicly displayed on a national stage. — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
In high school, I was into a lot of different stuff, and I did ride skateboards. — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
The thing you gotta understand about L.A. is that everything is suburbia. Los Angeles isn't set up like San Francisco or New York. — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
For me growing up when hip hop was forming and maturing and coming into its own, I just felt I was a part of… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'High Stakes,' I followed the classical format. I wrote an outline first, then a first draft, then got feedback and rewrote… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
People come to L.A. and they expect to see a ghetto like the projects, but that's not the way it's set up. Inglewood, in… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
