The only chance for a guy like me is to make a decent picture for a reasonable budget. If it brings in a profit for investors, maybe I'll have the opportunity to make something else. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
It's assumed that light-skinned women have no problems or issues, but they are judged before you know who they are. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
I'm a very private person, not much of a party person. That's how I keep my sanity. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
Do I see people working harder than me? I can't imagine that but if I do it inspires me to work harder. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
I could direct a very decent Holocaust film, but I don't have the same experience as a young boy who was rocked to sleep… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
My father worked three jobs, my mother worked two, seven days a week sometimes. And they wouldn't take welfare or social assistance, they were… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
I enjoyed 'Predator' a lot, and also 'Get Rich and Die Tryin'.' I really enjoyed that role and playing the O.G. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
I've been very selfish and the women in my life have hated that because of my work ethic. I try not to bring my… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
By healing the internal issues that we can heal as a people, our children don't have to suffer the same agony and pain that… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
I don't say, 'Francis Ford Coppola, what a wonderful Italian-American director.' I judge him based on his film, his craft, his art. That's the… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
Well, in the '80s and '70s, with the exception of Sidney Poitier and Brock Peters, maybe Ivan Dixon, if you were as big and… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
I'm an American, but being a black American, my experience is a particular one, my struggles have been particular. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
