Don't let a culture or society's rules define who you are; you define who you are. — Amma Asante Culture Copy Share Image
When you're in political times, you want to reflect those political times, and sometimes going back to our past is the best… — Amma Asante Our past Copy Share Image
Sitting in the back row of a full audience watching one of my movies, and hearing them cry and hearing them laugh… — Amma Asante Audience Copy Share Image
What I hope is that this wider pattern of films about slavery that's emerging isn't just a fad but evidence that we've… — Amma Asante Being afraid Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to make a movie that looked decadent and expensive. I knew we would have to make every penny… — Amma Asante Committed Copy Share Image
You can take me and then you can take a blond white man with blue eyes, and you could say, "Fundamentally, they're… — Amma Asante Blue eyes Copy Share Image
There are important differences that mean we appreciate each other, not tolerate each other. Race creates this idea that there's this massive… — Amma Asante Appreciate Copy Share Image
When I look in the mirror I see the woman I knew I wanted to be as a child. When I was… — Amma Asante Children Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to date my first love for five years. We had a very romantic, very dramatic teenage love affair.… — Amma Asante Affair Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do was put a woman of color, front and center, in my movie combining a lot of themes… — Amma Asante Important Copy Share Image
People assume thoughts and processes about you that may have nothing to do with you whatsoever, but they make political assumptions and… — Amma Asante Assume Copy Share Image
I'm a girl, and I celebrate being a girl, and it was really important to me to celebrate the beauty that I… — Amma Asante Aesthetically Copy Share Image
The reality is that we’re in very politicized times. The complete antithesis of Obama is Trump. We are in very polarized times.… — Amma Asante Antithesis Copy Share Image
As people of color, we're left out of history. History is sort of told around us. We're bystanders, we're passive, we're observers.… — Amma Asante History Copy Share Image
The key quality all successful people share is the ability to inspire, to transfer our passion to other people and to bring… — Amma Asante Ability Copy Share Image
To really talk about African story, and teach this story, you have to teach that tribes were actually nations. You have to… — Amma Asante Country Copy Share Image
If you unite a couple on a joint fight, the question is, "Does it unite them literally, or does it weaken their… — Amma Asante Closeness Copy Share Image
