The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
There are so many famous people now that are not really gifted or talented at doing anything other than getting made up, putting on tight dresses, acting badly, getting married. I mean, what the hell? I don't know where we… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
Be true. Be beautiful. Be free. In the midst of segregation and racism Mamma raised us to be independent and free. We saw ourselves… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
My mother Vivian Ayers always instilled within her children that our opinions, our thoughts and our ideas about what was possible was important. My… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
If you just change one person's life, you feel like you've done something. But if you can change a whole lot of them and… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page. — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct. — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of experience auditioning people, and I can do it rather quickly even though sometimes I let them linger and give… — Debbie Allen Copy Share Image
