--- title: "Best Bill Duke Quotes" description: "William Henry Duke Jr., is an American actor and director. He is known for his work in action and crime drama, often as a character related to law enfor..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-duke-17896.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-duke-17896.jpg) # Bill Duke (1943) Film Director **63** quotes in **256** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Bill Duke is a film director, best known for *Road Rage*. ## Quick Facts About Bill Duke Born February 26, 1943 Profession Film Director Notable works Road Rage ## About Bill Duke William Henry Duke Jr., is an American actor and director. He is known for his work in action and crime drama, often as a character related to law enforcement. Dubbed the "Godfather of African American Cinema", he is known to direct films dealing with Black American experience and struggle. ## Quotes by Bill Duke · Page 2 > [I'm a very private person, not much of a party person. That's how I keep my sanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-m-a-very-private-person-not-much-of-a-party-person-that-s-how-i/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Keep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/keep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/bill-duke-10801_keep_i-m-a-very-private-person-not-much-of-a_168594.jpg) > [I don't think God makes mistakes and I think that women have to not rely on men to define their worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-don-t-think-god-makes-mistakes-and-i-think-that-women-have-to-not/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/bill-duke-10801_failure_i-don-t-think-god-makes-mistakes-and-i-t_2370081.jpg) > [What I really plan to do is take the best scripts I get and consider them seriously. I can actually work as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/what-i-really-plan-to-do-is-take-the-best-scripts-i-get-and-consider/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/bill-duke-10801_actor_what-i-really-plan-to-do-is-take-the-bes_1066415.jpg) > [By healing the internal issues that we can heal as a people, our children don't have to suffer the same agony and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/by-healing-the-internal-issues-that-we-can-heal-as-a-people-our/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/bill-duke-10801_child_by-healing-the-internal-issues-that-we-c_623411.jpg) > [My father worked three jobs, my mother worked two, seven days a week sometimes. And they wouldn't take welfare or social assistance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/my-father-worked-three-jobs-my-mother-worked-two-seven-days-a-week/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Days](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/days/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/bill-duke-10801_days_my-father-worked-three-jobs-my-mother-wo_335718.jpg) > [No individual should rely on any other human being or system to define their worth as a human being. You have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/no-individual-should-rely-on-any-other-human-being-or-system-to/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/find/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/bill-duke-10801_find_no-individual-should-rely-on-any-other-h_2449977.jpg) > [It's great working with great writers and directors because you're getting paid for something you love and want to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/it-s-great-working-with-great-writers-and-directors-because-you-re/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/bill-duke-10801_great_it-s-great-working-with-great-writers-an_2322851.jpg) > [Well, in the '80s and '70s, with the exception of Sidney Poitier and Brock Peters, maybe Ivan Dixon, if you were as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/well-in-the-80s-and-70s-with-the-exception-of-sidney-poitier-and/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Bad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/bill-duke-10801_bad_well-in-the-80s-and-70s-with-the-excepti_663412.jpg) > [The Democrats throw money at the problems, and the Republicans tend to ignore them. The Natural Law Party goes beyond those approaches.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/the-democrats-throw-money-at-the-problems-and-the-republicans-tend-to/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/bill-duke-10801_change_the-democrats-throw-money-at-the-problem_3044120.jpg) > [I'm not interested in making 'black' movies. I'm interested in making movies that reflect reality as I perceive it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-m-not-interested-in-making-black-movies-i-m-interested-in-making/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/bill-duke-10801_black_i-m-not-interested-in-making-black-movie_1337748.jpg) > [Some people you can forgive and forget. Some people you cannot forgive or forget. There are other people you can forgive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/some-people-you-can-forgive-and-forget-some-people-you-cannot-forgive/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Cannot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cannot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/bill-duke-10801_cannot_some-people-you-can-forgive-and-forget-s_2894551.jpg) > [I could direct a very decent Holocaust film, but I don't have the same experience as a young boy who was rocked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-could-direct-a-very-decent-holocaust-film-but-i-don-t-have-the-same/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Experience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/bill-duke-10801_experience_i-could-direct-a-very-decent-holocaust-f_279727.jpg) > [Our internal racism is still alive. We are still putting each other down and making jokes about each other because of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/our-internal-racism-is-still-alive-we-are-still-putting-each-other/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/bill-duke-10801_beauty_our-internal-racism-is-still-alive-we-ar_1501482.jpg) > [I'm an American, but being a black American, my experience is a particular one, my struggles have been particular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-m-an-american-but-being-a-black-american-my-experience-is-a/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/bill-duke-10801_american_i-m-an-american-but-being-a-black-americ_674352.jpg) > [The fact of the matter is that when you're in pain emotionally about your life, the color of your skin does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/the-fact-of-the-matter-is-that-when-you-re-in-pain-emotionally-about/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Emotionally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emotionally/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2e/bill-duke-10801_emotionally_the-fact-of-the-matter-is-that-when-you_1451841.jpg) > [I had studied at the NYU School of the Arts under Lloyd Richards, who also worked with the Negro Ensemble Company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-had-studied-at-the-nyu-school-of-the-arts-under-lloyd-richards-who/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Company](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/company/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/bill-duke-10801_company_i-had-studied-at-the-nyu-school-of-the-a_1367232.jpg) > [I saw the things that my sister went through - she's dark skinned - with boys not considering her attractive in her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-saw-the-things-that-my-sister-went-through-she-s-dark-skinned-with/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Attractive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attractive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/bill-duke-10801_attractive_i-saw-the-things-that-my-sister-went-thr_1651872.jpg) > [I don't say, 'Francis Ford Coppola, what a wonderful Italian-American director.' I judge him based on his film, his craft, his art.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-don-t-say-francis-ford-coppola-what-a-wonderful-italian-american/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/bill-duke-10801_art_i-don-t-say-francis-ford-coppola-what-a_650774.jpg) > [I was the first black director on 'Dallas.' I drove my car into the studio lot and the guard asked me who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-was-the-first-black-director-on-dallas-i-drove-my-car-into-the/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/bill-duke-10801_black_i-was-the-first-black-director-on-dallas_997639.jpg) > [The only chance for a guy like me is to make a decent picture for a reasonable budget. If it brings in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/the-only-chance-for-a-guy-like-me-is-to-make-a-decent-picture-for-a/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Budget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/budget/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/bill-duke-10801_budget_the-only-chance-for-a-guy-like-me-is-to_2460685.jpg) > [I didn't come up in a culture or society that looked on me as a movie star. I was the bad guy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-didn-t-come-up-in-a-culture-or-society-that-looked-on-me-as-a-movie/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Bad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/bill-duke-10801_bad_i-didn-t-come-up-in-a-culture-or-society_1831610.jpg) > [How can you compare 'Hollywood Shuffle,' financed through the director's credit cards, and 'Apocalypse Now?' You have to take into consideration the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/how-can-you-compare-hollywood-shuffle-financed-through-the-director-s/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Apocalypse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apocalypse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52a/bill-duke-10801_apocalypse_how-can-you-compare-hollywood-shuffle-fi_746083.jpg) > [I'm hoping to see some minorities in executive offices in positions of power, people who see the merit of projects with minority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/i-m-hoping-to-see-some-minorities-in-executive-offices-in-positions/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Minorities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/minorities/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/bill-duke-10801_minorities_i-m-hoping-to-see-some-minorities-in-exe_2619820.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/#itemlist", "name": "Bill Duke Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a very private person, not much of a party person. 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