John Singleton

I've got passion, and for people who don't, I make them see how trite their lives are.

— John Singleton

You can only really write about what you know about.

— John Singleton

The plain truth is, 'Fruitvale Station' was made totally outside the Hollywood studio system, and every ounce of the picture feels authentic.…

— John Singleton

There's this guy: his name, Sedik Ali. He's like the African Kurosawa. You know how Kurosawa does stuff from feudal Japan? This…

— John Singleton

I just try to make the best film possible, and once the movie's done, we deal with the DVD.

— John Singleton

The more people who see a film, the more life it has. But I don't like when people watch DVDs and look…

— John Singleton

I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool…

— John Singleton

I've become more relaxed. When I was younger, I had more erratic, nervous tension when I was working.

— John Singleton

There's hardly any precedent for a guy like me to have the career that I've had. Because I grew up the way…

— John Singleton

I'm not a Beverly Hills dude.

— John Singleton

One of the biggest regrets of my whole career was turning down an offer to direct on the first season of 'The…

— John Singleton

I make notes about things I see in films that really affect me, like the ending of 'Jules and Jim.' I think…

— John Singleton

As a storyteller, when you see somebody who is the character you envisioned, you feel this energy in the room.

— John Singleton

Because, if I'm honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they're making myths out of…

— John Singleton

I met Tupac through Queen Latifah in New York at this party that we were at, at a place downtown called Big…

— John Singleton

It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working…

— John Singleton

At heart, I'm a dude from South Central Los Angeles. We roll the way we roll because we had survival tactics; we…

— John Singleton

I love comics. I like to do everything I used to do when I was 14-years-old.

— John Singleton

I try to keep focused on the things that really make me happy and just do those same things.

— John Singleton

I can't watch a movie and watch just two minutes and turn it off, then go talk to my girlfriend.

— John Singleton

All the kids looked up to my father because he was known to be that dude who knocks people out.

— John Singleton

I'm a huge DVD fan.

— John Singleton

Crunk music is the music of the South, it pervades every club and nightclub not only in America, but all over the…

— John Singleton

In 'Boyz N the Hood,' every female character was three-dimensional.

— John Singleton

Now, I'm so relaxed that I have to make myself nervous. I feel better when I'm second and third guessing myself over…

— John Singleton