Dustin Lance Black

I turned in a script that meant a lot to me and an executive at Warner Bros said he was disappointed in…

— Dustin Lance Black

And the film that I've seen a million times is 'When Harry Met Sally' with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, and directed…

— Dustin Lance Black

I think of the biopics I've written as exploring a more grown-up side of myself, through other characters' lives.

— Dustin Lance Black

If you go to Paris, try to speak French. If you go to the South, try to speak Southern. Southern isn't stupid.…

— Dustin Lance Black

My father, my Mormon father, took off when I was a young man and, or actually very young, I was like six…

— Dustin Lance Black

Every single person in this world is a minority in one way or another. It just depends on how you slice the…

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I always thought that the film would be successful if we captured Harvey Milk, like the way Harvey really was-the personality, the…

— Dustin Lance Black

I like the gray movies. I don't know if audiences always... it makes them work a little harder. And they have to…

— Dustin Lance Black

People from pre-sexual revolution and even from the 60s and the birth of the gay movement still define gay as two men…

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Eventually my courageous Mom did something we do all too rarely. She got on a plane and she came to see me…

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You know, for a long time I became almost atheist. I believed in nothing. And it was tough for me to believe…

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When I got the deal to do 'J. Edgar,' which was really the brainchild of Brian Grazer, 'Milk' hadn't come out yet.…

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Gay and lesbian people want to love and be loved. Some of us want to get married. Some want to have and…

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I have no respect for someone who lies about their sexuality. At the very least say 'no comment', just keep your personal…

— Dustin Lance Black

I do try to deliver a solid first draft, meaning it's my tenth or twentieth draft and then I call it 'first'…

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I don't have to sympathize or empathize with a human being in order to be able to portray them. I mean, some…

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Growing up Mormon, you learn how to be very, very organized, and it's a passionate group. I mean, in that way, it's…

— Dustin Lance Black

I'd say I'm not sure about Christianity, but I sure do like their Christ and the lessons about turning the other cheek,…

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We need to maybe think a little less about the science of building walls and that waste of time and energy and…

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I say to my pupils, 'You can pitch me any thing you've got, but tell me why you're the only person who…

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As a Southerner and as a Mormon you approach life in this aspirational way: 'I will rise above my station.'

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I'm always interested in getting to know people, and that means vilified people as much as those celebrated. You find out that…

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I am hopeful that there are three or four Harvey Milks. It would be nice to have one in California and one…

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What's beautiful about the journey of surrogacy is that relationship you build with your surrogate, when it's done in places with good…

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Too many of my heroes have been cut down, but do I want security guards? No. I've been offered them in the…

— Dustin Lance Black

Here's the thing with 'When Harry Met Sally,' it doesn't matter how many times you watch it, it's always interesting, and you're…

— Dustin Lance Black

There has been this resurgence in anti-LGBT language in the U.K. and the U.S., and the rest of the world. In the…

— Dustin Lance Black

Mom came from what has been called the poorest place in America - Lake Providence, Louisiana. She was born on the south…

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I hope we build a son who's strong enough to stand up for other people. And if Donald Trump is out there…

— Dustin Lance Black