What I wanted to do was put a woman of color, front and center, in my movie combining a lot of themes that were relevant to both men and women. I actively wanted her to carry the weight of this… — Amma Asante Copy Share
When you're in political times, you want to reflect those political times, and sometimes going back to our past is the best way to… — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to make a movie that looked decadent and expensive. I knew we would have to make every penny stretch and put as much of the budget onscreen as possible. So it starts with your heads of departments - your production designer, costume, hair and makeup designers. Picking the right people who were as committed as I… — Amma Asante Copy Share
What I hope is that this wider pattern of films about slavery that's emerging isn't just a fad but evidence that we've turned a… — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
Don't let a culture or society's rules define who you are; you define who you are. — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
When I look in the mirror I see the woman I knew I wanted to be as a child. When I was a young girl, I had a vision of the woman I wanted to be. And I often reached out to women of color in America for inspiration. My mother would regularly buy Essence and Ebony. I would look… — Amma Asante Copy Share
What I wanted to do was put a woman of color, front and center, in my movie combining a lot of themes that were relevant to both men and women. I actively wanted her to carry the weight of this movie because I'm a woman. And I actively wanted to explore many of the issues that affected her as a… — Amma Asante Copy Share
Sitting in the back row of a full audience watching one of my movies, and hearing them cry and hearing them laugh in the… — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
You can take me and then you can take a blond white man with blue eyes, and you could say, "Fundamentally, they're different." And… — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to date my first love for five years. We had a very romantic, very dramatic teenage love affair. And it… — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
There are important differences that mean we appreciate each other, not tolerate each other. Race creates this idea that there's this massive difference. So… — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
I'm a girl, and I celebrate being a girl, and it was really important to me to celebrate the beauty that I could create… — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
