I tend to take on too many projects at the same time, but as I've always done, I will continue to shift… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
As a director, I try not to implement a way for working, for every single actor, across the board. I try to… — Justin Simien Film Copy Share Image
Every movie has the thing it's about, and then, deep down, it has this thing that it's really about. 'Star Wars' is… — Justin Simien Action Copy Share Image
If the characters [in a movie] aren't real, if their lives aren't realistic, if you call bullshit at any point in their… — Justin Simien Bullshit Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of shooting something that looks like it could belong in any movie. I'm not a fan of,… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Racism is systemic: It's oppression that's built into the laws, legislation, into the way neighborhoods are policed, and into job opportunities and… — Justin Simien Education Copy Share Image
Everyone at a performing arts schools is weird. The weirder you were, the better. If you weren't weird in some way, they'd… — Justin Simien Art Copy Share Image
There is a difference between being offended and being prejudiced and even being bigoted against. There's a difference between that and racism. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I went to a school called Chapman University, which is a wonderful film school. It was a great program, but it was… — Justin Simien Culture Copy Share Image
I often have to play a role to get what I want in my life. At the same time, I can't do… — Justin Simien Country Copy Share Image
Daring to make films of any kind and thus invite the possibility of ridicule was an internal battle of mine for many… — Justin Simien Battle Copy Share Image
This film isn't about "white racism", or racism at all. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE is about identity. It's about the difference between how… — Justin Simien Conflict Copy Share Image
I talk about being a 'what' to people. Like, being gay in mainstream society is a different kind of 'what' than being… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I'm storyteller, I'm a son, I'm a friend, so I am… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I love films from all these different points of views that used the idea of the school as a way to talk… — Justin Simien Cinema Copy Share Image
Part of my struggle with being gay was that a lot of my homophobia was internalized because of the cues that I… — Justin Simien Culture Copy Share Image
The further away you get from being a straight white man, the less freedoms you have to figure out who you are… — Justin Simien Being Copy Share Image
I've been taught through life experience that, like, I'd better open my mouth and quickly define myself in a new space and… — Justin Simien Experience Copy Share Image
If you examine any aspect of the human condition long enough, you really do have to start laughing at it. Because the… — Justin Simien Being human Copy Share Image
It occurred to me that by naming the film itself 'Dear White People,' I could tap into the burgeoning meme culture as… — Justin Simien Culture Copy Share Image
I don't doubt that straight white men have identity issues and identity complexes and struggle with defining themselves. — Justin Simien Doubt Copy Share Image
The downside of doing a multi-protagonist movie is that you don't get to service each character as you would if they were… — Justin Simien Character Copy Share Image
I have different privileges because I am a man, and I have to acknowledge that and realize that another person of color… — Justin Simien Experience Copy Share Image
Racism is over in the 'Star Trek' future, but they found a way to comment on sexism and racism in the present… — Justin Simien Day Copy Share Image
Basically, the system works to my disadvantage for no other reason than that I am a person of color, and I am… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
There was a time when a studio executive would really love something and have no proof at all that it would work… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
The way Hollywood and TV is, black people don't have any choice but to see ourselves in white-dominated television shows and stories… — Justin Simien Black people Copy Share Image
I took an internship at Focus Features while I was in film school. I was really interested in how specialty movies were… — Justin Simien Being Copy Share Image
You watch 'Malcolm X,' and then Netflix recommends 'B.A.P.S.,' and you're like, 'What? Those movies have absolutely nothing to do with each… — Justin Simien Dad Copy Share Image
I love being entertained sure, but the movies that I live for, the movies that I buy and think about and stay… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
We get caught in our little silos and end up working against ourselves. And I think social media culture really encourages that,… — Justin Simien Culture Copy Share Image
'Blue is the Warmest Colour' - I'm not a lesbian, I'm not French, I'm not a woman, but I saw so much… — Justin Simien Blue Copy Share Image
Sometimes identity can be your salvation. It can be liberating to find your place in the world, but at some point, identity… — Justin Simien Identity Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: I come from a filmmaking background, so this concept of sort of overseeing a television show but not directing… — Justin Simien Cinema Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in clans and the way people group together, and there's a lot of group shots. There's a lot of… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
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