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> ['Blue is the Warmest Colour' - I'm not a lesbian, I'm not French, I'm not a woman, but I saw so much of myself in those women and in those characters. I saw different parts of myself than I ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/blue-is-the-warmest-colour-i-m-not-a-lesbian-i-m-not-french-i-m-not-a/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/justin-simien-4140_blue_blue-is-the-warmest-colour-i-m-not-a-les_2241294.jpg)

## More by Justin Simien

> [I don't doubt that straight white men have identity issues and identity complexes and struggle with defining themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/i-don-t-doubt-that-straight-white-men-have-identity-issues-and/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/i-thought-i-was-depressed-because-i-wasn-t-a-writer-director-i-moved/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [I saw 'Beauty and the Beast' at eight years old in theatres and spent hours trying to recreate the majestic imagery of that story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/i-saw-beauty-and-the-beast-at-eight-years-old-in-theatres-and-spent/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/i-m-very-interested-in-clans-and-the-way-people-group-together-and/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/one-of-the-things-that-i-love-about-robert-altman-s-movies-is-that/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/i-am-more-than-a-black-guy-i-am-a-person-i-m-storyteller-i-m-a-son-i/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [There are a plethora of ways of being black, just like there's many ways to being white.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/there-are-a-plethora-of-ways-of-being-black-just-like-there-s-many/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/the-way-hollywood-and-tv-is-black-people-don-t-have-any-choice-but-to/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/everybody-else-was-quoting-2pac-and-i-was-running-around-with-green/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [Self-doubt is a constant companion for a chubby, gay, black boy born in the South.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/self-doubt-is-a-constant-companion-for-a-chubby-gay-black-boy-born-in/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/in-the-press-there-s-this-desire-for-the-black-audience-to-be-this/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [It is a fine line between making fun of the right thing and making fun of the wrong thing. And the language oftentimes is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/it-is-a-fine-line-between-making-fun-of-the-right-thing-and-making/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [Hip-hop isn't dead by any means, but it's not something I define my black identity with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/hip-hop-isn-t-dead-by-any-means-but-it-s-not-something-i-define-my/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [I took an internship at Focus Features while I was in film school. I was really interested in how specialty movies were marketed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/i-took-an-internship-at-focus-features-while-i-was-in-film-school-i/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

> [Racism is wrong, racism is very dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/racism-is-wrong-racism-is-very-dangerous/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

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