I know how to make films and now I'm able to make films with the resources and the tools that match my… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I'm not to say that my male counterparts do, but certainly, it feels very special to me because I know that so… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
If your work is solid, it really doesn't matter what people you know because good work starts to rise to the top. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I know that sounds a little bit corny, but I've found some solace in that. I hope art can continue to do… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I know when we were making the film [ Age Of Trump] that we knew that there was going to be some… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
For film, you know, the Tarantinos and Nolans of the world who are very focused on a certain kind of film aesthetic… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I was talking to Shonda Rhimes the other day and I said, "I. Do. Not. Know. How. You. Do. This." While we're… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I know that there are a lot of great women that have gone before me, so it's important to acknowledge them. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Black people loving and losing is something we don’t see enough of. We’re always in these heightened situations like something big is… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
We [Americans] know Martin Luther King Jr. as a statue. We know him as a holiday. We know him as a speech.… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
We're living based on laws and ideas that we, as a society, embraced back in the days of slavery. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for people who… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Netflix represents, as well as all the streaming services, something that I've been talking about being so important to inclusive voices around films. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
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?… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
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… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
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… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
The documentaries were something that I could do for a small amount of money, and then I felt like as long as I found… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
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![“We [Americans] know Martin Luther King Jr. as a statue. We know him as a holiday. We know him as a speech. We don't know him as a man. Most people don't even know the whole speech, just "I have a dream." They don't know what his speaking voice was like, how he looked at his wife, or that he had…” quote by Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b10/ava-duvernay-4018_communication_we-americans-know-martin-luther-king-jr_2685491.jpg)
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