Whatever you do, whether you're doing a television drama or a romantic comedy, you want to be relevant, to some degree. — John Ridley Copy Share Image
There's something very special about knowing what you want to do and knowing the story you want to tell, but finding it… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I want to explore different topics and present them in slightly different ways. — John Ridley Copy Share Image
If faux liberal white guys want to support and defend Obama, by all means please do so. But I would suggest they… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
At the risk of sounding like that old guy in 'Gran Torino' telling those 'young punks' to 'get off my lawn,' it's… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
In the Everybody-Give-Me-A-Hug victim culture in which we live, the obese want a spot at the table along with those who face… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
When times are tough, people want to escape to somewhere fantastic without having to pay actual escape-to-somewhere-fantastic cash. And offering a couple… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I don't want an underachiever working on my car's transmission. Why would I want someone regular sitting in the Oval Office? Sorry,… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I don't think it's good when entertainment tries to proselytize and I don't think people ultimately want someone showing up in their… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
With comics, you don't have to worry so much about budgetary constraints. In film and television, however fanciful you want to be,… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
The hypocrisy and false piety of the deniers aside, the relationships of gays have no effect on heteros. Especially all the heteros who've done… — John Ridley Copy Share
If art is singular expression, then by nature, the best art is controversial. But when art stirs debate for reasons besides its artistic integrity,… — John Ridley Copy Share
While most trudge through their days straight-jacketed in the social compact, living for others as much as or more than for themselves, a select… — John Ridley Copy Share
Why is it that the very people who have fought so hard and so long for the simple entitlement to love whom they choose… — John Ridley Copy Share
There are any number of very hard working people in Hollywood who deserve recognition. Mostly its the artisans and crafts persons - the 'below… — John Ridley Copy Share
For children, diversity needs to be real and not merely relegated to learning the names of the usual suspects during Black History Month or… — John Ridley Copy Share
Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be sure, they have a sizable audience which numbers… — John Ridley Copy Share
Just mention the idea of warrantless wiretaps and expect to get hit up with a congressional investigation. But give somebody an avatar and a… — John Ridley Copy Share
As long as we remain committed to holding high our individuals of supreme finish, others will be inspired to loose themselves of the gravity… — John Ridley Copy Share
When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy. — John Ridley Copy Share
Fact is, awards shows were never really about recognizing achievement. They were a publicity ploy cooked up in the late 1920s by MGM topper… — John Ridley Copy Share
I love graphic novels - I love reading them, I enjoyed writing them, I would love to go back and do them again. I… — John Ridley Copy Share
So, is Hollywood anti-religion? Not in my opinion. But unlike, say, politicians and preachers who talk faith before going off to speak in tongues… — John Ridley Copy Share
I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called 'Cold… — John Ridley Copy Share
Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Barack Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation. — John Ridley Copy Share
