Hollywood Quotes by Ava DuVernay

10 Hollywood quotes by Ava DuVernay

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Ava DuVernay’s ten short reflections offer a clear, thoughtful look at her experience in the industry, providing a compact yet meaningful entry point for readers.

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[ Hollywood] is a patriarchy, headed by men and built for men.

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Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino.

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True change is a long game, and it remains to be seen if this is change. We've had years before where there…

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We're told that independent film lovers... folks that are used to watching art house films, won't come out and see a film…

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To pretend like Hollywood is anything other than that is disingenuous. #OscarsSoWhite is trendy, but for women filmmakers and filmmakers of color,…

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Is there deeply embedded change within our industry? And I would say, as a black filmmaker, it's easy for me to focus…

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I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many…

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By the end of the documentary [ '13th'], you really understand what prison is, what the prison industrial complex is, where this…

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There’s something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It’s a different perspective. It is…

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Black people loving and losing is something we don’t see enough of. We’re always in these heightened situations like something big is…

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We're living based on laws and ideas that we, as a society, embraced back in the days of slavery.

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Don't wait for permission to do something creative.

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Netflix represents, as well as all the streaming services, something that I've been talking about being so important to inclusive voices around films.

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I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.

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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?…

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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…

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I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films.

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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…

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The documentaries were something that I could do for a small amount of money, and then I felt like as long as I found…

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[ Hollywood] is a patriarchy, headed by men and built for men.

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