Roger Ross Williams

As a film-maker, I certainly don't want to be put into some box.

— Roger Ross Williams

I always compare young missioners to the kids who naively signed up to go to Iraq to fight terrorism. They are just…

— Roger Ross Williams

While the documentary community is way ahead of Hollywood, it is still nowhere near where it needs to be. Filmmakers of color…

— Roger Ross Williams

I don't think we're getting the empathy, and identifying with the situations that many African Americans experience. That's the problem with how…

— Roger Ross Williams

I made a film about a person living with a disability. Those kinds of films are often about the disability, not who…

— Roger Ross Williams

I went to church every Sunday and sang in the choir. But for all that the church gave me - for all…

— Roger Ross Williams

Someone told me once that I'm worse than a dog, I'm the scum of the earth, so for me it was draining.

— Roger Ross Williams

There are simply too many Academy members who were voted in during a less inclusive era and still remain a large voting…

— Roger Ross Williams

The challenge and the goal was to get inside Owen's [Suskind] world, because I really wanted to see it through his point…

— Roger Ross Williams

Don't boycott the Oscars. Staying away from something that needs to change is no way to change it. Instead, let's help them…

— Roger Ross Williams

Owen [Suskind], in a sense, grew up on a diet of myth and fable, and has become an expert on their themes,…

— Roger Ross Williams

The musicians are good and their music is catchy - it pulls the kids in in droves. Mike Bickle admitted to me…

— Roger Ross Williams

When I first saw a White Dutch person dressed up as Black Pete, I was both sickened and shocked. It's hard to…

— Roger Ross Williams

I had my own Land of Lost Sidekicks, where I pretended I lived in Paris with my best friend, a little cowboy…

— Roger Ross Williams

There is much institutionalized racism in The Netherlands and the non-White population is just now beginning to fight for their rights.

— Roger Ross Williams

Obviously it was an out of body experience to win an Academy Award.

— Roger Ross Williams

Imagine that you're a gay man and you're spending all your time with people who believe you are possessed by the devil.

— Roger Ross Williams

That is what I was more drawn to - creating stories while changing and altering reality.

— Roger Ross Williams

When I visited Africa to make my film 'Music by Prudence,' I was struck by how intensely religious and socially conservative Africans…

— Roger Ross Williams

I came from a very poor family. And I was able to rise up and actually win an Academy Award. And if…

— Roger Ross Williams

All racism is wrong, and denying that it exists does not make it go away.

— Roger Ross Williams

Zwarte Piet, or 'Black Pete,' is a relic from slavery. It is something that should have long been eliminated, and it's very…

— Roger Ross Williams

When I was filming 'Prudence' in Zimbabwe, I noticed the hold fundamentalist Christianity had on sub-Saharan Africa. So I thought I'd like…

— Roger Ross Williams

I had full access to the material, and had a great relationship with Sean Bailey, the president of Disney productions. He really…

— Roger Ross Williams

I'm a recovering journalist, I should say.

— Roger Ross Williams