I'm very interested in clans and the way people group together, and there's a lot of group shots. There's a lot of… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I'm storyteller, I'm a son, I'm a friend, so I am… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
The way Hollywood and TV is, black people don't have any choice but to see ourselves in white-dominated television shows and stories… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
What you want to do is talk about ideas, you write a novel, you have a lecture about those ideas. Satire and… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
If I just wanted to put clean, perfect images of black people on the screen for an hour and a half, first… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
It is frustrating having to walk through America having to bob and weave people's impressions of me because they see a tall… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I talk about being a 'what' to people. Like, being gay in mainstream society is a different kind of 'what' than being… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Everyone is very aware that, not only do we have a race problem, but it's so pervasive that it affects national and… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Basically, the system works to my disadvantage for no other reason than that I am a person of color, and I am… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Balance, I think, and self-care is something I want people to really take to heart. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
This film isn't about "white racism", or racism at all. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE is about identity. It's about the difference between how… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I've always thought that 'Dear White People' should live on as a TV show, so I'll leave it at that. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I tend to be collaborative, and I want to hear other people's ideas. Especially with actors, I want them to feel like… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I definitely have fun commenting on the real world and interpreting through the 'Dear White People' lens. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Black people are experiencing a systemic disadvantage, and it goes back to slavery, which was not that long ago. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I know it's 'Dear White People,' and you can imprint all kinds of concessions about what the show might be about on… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
White people don't have that problem, they get to go through life never having to fit into a box, and it's really… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
It occurred to me that by naming the film itself 'Dear White People,' I could tap into the burgeoning meme culture as… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
It's called 'Dear White People,' but really, it's about these black characters and how they are involved or not involved in a… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
'Color-blind' comes up - people say 'Oh, I'm color-blind and therefore can't be accused of racism,' but I think that if we… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I don't doubt that straight white men have identity issues and identity complexes and struggle with defining themselves. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I thought I was depressed because I wasn't a writer/director. I moved into a space where I'm a writer/director, my movie is a hit… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I saw 'Beauty and the Beast' at eight years old in theatres and spent hours trying to recreate the majestic imagery of that story… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in clans and the way people group together, and there's a lot of group shots. There's a lot of people in… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
One of the things that I love about Robert Altman's movies is that, really, a Robert Altman movie is just a bunch of short… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I'm storyteller, I'm a son, I'm a friend, so I am all those… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
There are a plethora of ways of being black, just like there's many ways to being white. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
The way Hollywood and TV is, black people don't have any choice but to see ourselves in white-dominated television shows and stories and movies. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Everybody else was quoting 2Pac, and I was running around with Green Day in my Walkman. Racially speaking, I wasn't cool or appropriate for… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Self-doubt is a constant companion for a chubby, gay, black boy born in the South. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
In the press, there's this desire for the black audience to be this monolithic thing that always responds to the same stars. That's a… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
It is a fine line between making fun of the right thing and making fun of the wrong thing. And the language oftentimes is… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
