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> [Coming from the South and growing up in L.A. where it was so segregated - worse than the South in many ways - all the people in my neighborhood were from the South. So you had that Southern cultured environment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-burnett/coming-from-the-south-and-growing-up-in-l-a-where-it-was-so/)

[Charles Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-burnett/)

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## More by Charles Burnett

> [Coming from the South and growing up in L.A. where it was so segregated - worse than the South in many ways - all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-burnett/coming-from-the-south-and-growing-up-in-l-a-where-it-was-so/)

[Charles Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-burnett/)

> [There are advances in technology and enabling voices, but there are issues with the stories themselves. I think people of color are still not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-burnett/there-are-advances-in-technology-and-enabling-voices-but-there-are/)

[Charles Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-burnett/)

> [I always wanted to do a story on the blues that not only reflected its nature and its content, but also alludes to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-burnett/i-always-wanted-to-do-a-story-on-the-blues-that-not-only-reflected/)

[Charles Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-burnett/)

> [With non-professionals, there's a lot of time you have to allocate to getting what you want with them, but also you cast based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-burnett/with-non-professionals-there-s-a-lot-of-time-you-have-to-allocate-to/)

[Charles Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-burnett/)

> [We need to be critical of the police and power structure, we need to stand back and solve these problems, and films need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-burnett/we-need-to-be-critical-of-the-police-and-power-structure-we-need-to/)

[Charles Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-burnett/)

> [Heraldry is the fusion of fact and fancy, myth and manner, romance and reality. It is an exuberant union of family, art, and history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-burnett/heraldry-is-the-fusion-of-fact-and-fancy-myth-and-manner-romance-and/)

[Charles Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-burnett/)

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