I was blessed enough to know that I wanted to be a filmmaker when I was a kid, the first time I… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I often have to play a role to get what I want in my life. At the same time, I can't do… — 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… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I never quite lived up to the image of the black man as I saw it growing up. I was never listening… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I see racism as institutional: the rules are different for me because I'm black. It's not necessarily someone's specific attitude against me;… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Any time a black person has the audacity to tell everybody else that they're also human beings, they are confronted with all… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
When you're part of a society where you're constantly having to define your identity and sort of negotiate with what the mainstream… — 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
There was a time when a studio executive would really love something and have no proof at all that it would work… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Racism is over in the 'Star Trek' future, but they found a way to comment on sexism and racism in the present… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
'2001: A Space Odyssey' - I'd watched and hated it seven times before it provided the first 'religious experience' I'd ever had… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I tend to take on too many projects at the same time, but as I've always done, I will continue to shift… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I remember the first time that I realized that being black meant that I wasn't allowed certain things. It was in the… — 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
