Our internal racism is still alive. We are still putting each other down and making jokes about each other because of the color of our skin. With women particularly, it's difficult because the beauty business says, 'If you don't look… — 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
How can you compare 'Hollywood Shuffle,' financed through the director's credit cards, and 'Apocalypse Now?' You have to take into consideration the conditions under… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
It really upsets me that the media insists on turning 'Do the Right Thing' or 'Boyz N the Hood' into 'black films.' They are… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
Television is an excellent training ground for a director. If you work consistently in television, as I did, you have to come in on… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
