--- title: "1 Films Black Quotes By Bill Duke" description: "1 Films Black quotes by Bill Duke. Plus more from Bill Duke and more Films Black sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/bill-duke-10801_black_i-don-t-want-to-exclusively-direct-white_2814865.jpg" --- > [I don't want to exclusively direct white films, or black films. I want to have a choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-don-t-want-to-exclusively-direct-white-films-or-black-films-i-want/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/bill-duke-10801_black_i-don-t-want-to-exclusively-direct-white_2814865.jpg) ## More by Bill Duke > [It's assumed that light-skinned women have no problems or issues, but they are judged before you know who they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/it-s-assumed-that-light-skinned-women-have-no-problems-or-issues-but/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [I'm a very private person, not much of a party person. That's how I keep my sanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-m-a-very-private-person-not-much-of-a-party-person-that-s-how-i/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [Do I see people working harder than me? I can't imagine that but if I do it inspires me to work harder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/do-i-see-people-working-harder-than-me-i-can-t-imagine-that-but-if-i/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [I could direct a very decent Holocaust film, but I don't have the same experience as a young boy who was rocked to sleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-could-direct-a-very-decent-holocaust-film-but-i-don-t-have-the-same/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [My father worked three jobs, my mother worked two, seven days a week sometimes. And they wouldn't take welfare or social assistance, they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/my-father-worked-three-jobs-my-mother-worked-two-seven-days-a-week/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [I enjoyed 'Predator' a lot, and also 'Get Rich and Die Tryin'.' I really enjoyed that role and playing the O.G.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-enjoyed-predator-a-lot-and-also-get-rich-and-die-tryin-i-really/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [I come up in a segregated 1943 atmosphere of segregation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-come-up-in-a-segregated-1943-atmosphere-of-segregation/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [I've been very selfish and the women in my life have hated that because of my work ethic. I try not to bring my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-ve-been-very-selfish-and-the-women-in-my-life-have-hated-that/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [By healing the internal issues that we can heal as a people, our children don't have to suffer the same agony and pain that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/by-healing-the-internal-issues-that-we-can-heal-as-a-people-our/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [I don't say, 'Francis Ford Coppola, what a wonderful Italian-American director.' I judge him based on his film, his craft, his art. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-don-t-say-francis-ford-coppola-what-a-wonderful-italian-american/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [Well, in the '80s and '70s, with the exception of Sidney Poitier and Brock Peters, maybe Ivan Dixon, if you were as big and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/well-in-the-80s-and-70s-with-the-exception-of-sidney-poitier-and/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [I'm an American, but being a black American, my experience is a particular one, my struggles have been particular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-m-an-american-but-being-a-black-american-my-experience-is-a/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [How can you compare 'Hollywood Shuffle,' financed through the director's credit cards, and 'Apocalypse Now?' You have to take into consideration the conditions under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/how-can-you-compare-hollywood-shuffle-financed-through-the-director-s/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [It really upsets me that the media insists on turning 'Do the Right Thing' or 'Boyz N the Hood' into 'black films.' They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/it-really-upsets-me-that-the-media-insists-on-turning-do-the-right/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [Television is an excellent training ground for a director. If you work consistently in television, as I did, you have to come in on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/television-is-an-excellent-training-ground-for-a-director-if-you-work/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/films-black/bill-duke/#itemlist", "name": "1 Films Black Quotes By Bill Duke", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want to exclusively direct white films, or black films. 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