My father was a religious leader in the community, and my sister is a pastor. — Roger Ross Williams Catholic Copy Share Image
I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality. — Roger Ross Williams Childhood Copy Share Image
I want to look at the community I came from and what role incarceration has played there. — Roger Ross Williams Community Copy Share Image
The establishment wants to connect with people who are like them, and I wasn't. I'm a black gay man from a poor… — Roger Ross Williams Family Copy Share Image
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 Era Copy Share Image
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 Boycott Copy Share Image
I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years.… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Lack of diversity in Hollywood has been well documented thanks to #OscarSoWhite, but lack of diversity in the documentary world is less… — Roger Ross Williams Diversity Copy Share Image
I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a… — Roger Ross Williams Cinema Copy Share Image
When you are in the prayer room you forget about the outside world and fall into a Christian rock coma, and nothing… — Roger Ross Williams Christian Copy Share Image
The more I learned about religion in Africa, the more intrigued I became. It was as if the continent was gripped with… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
'Traveling While Black' is about empathy, what African Americans experience in traveling throughout America, and how it hasn't changed that much from… — Roger Ross Williams African american Copy Share Image
I went to church every Sunday and sang in the choir. But for all that the church gave me - for all… — Roger Ross Williams Experience Copy Share Image
It is our stories [classic Disney films] that make us human - so Owen [Suskind] has become an expert in what connects… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
They embrace them because they represent everything that America represents: money, power, and freedom. Why else would you see an old Ugandan… — Roger Ross Williams America Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think many Dutch just don't know the history of Black Pete, that he is rooted in slavery, and how he was… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
As Mike Bickle said to me, there is a spiritual battle going on in the world, and he believes that in America… — Roger Ross Williams America Copy Share Image
The Academy just reflects Hollywood. And until we break those barriers, until we have African-American or minority studio executives, 'til we have… — Roger Ross Williams African american Copy Share Image
I love 'Jungle Book' and all the classics growing up, but what I learned about this is that these Disney films are… — Roger Ross Williams Book Copy Share Image
Uganda can greatly benefit from American evangelicals if they separate the Scott Lively extremists from the Rick Warren-type of moderate evangelicals. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I saw footage of a well-known pastor holding a Bible and saying, "This book says homosexuals should be killed." — Roger Ross Williams Bible Copy Share Image
I'm definitely drawn to stories about outsiders. Feeling like that myself as a gay black man, I often seek to give a… — Roger Ross Williams Gay Copy Share Image
The first time I saw the Dutch character known as Black Pete, or Zwarte Piet, my heart sank, and I felt a… — Roger Ross Williams Character Copy Share Image
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 African american Copy Share Image
The musicians are good and their music is catchy - it pulls the kids in in droves. Mike Bickle admitted to me… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
The product Disney created actually changed a life, and that was significant to them. They didn't stand in my way at all. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
[Zwarte Piet] is unfortunate, and just like the early American blackface films, if it offends a segment of the population, it shouldn't… — Roger Ross Williams Blackface Copy Share Image
I just didn't realize the unbelievable impact Disney films had on American society until my assistant coached me on the stories and… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a… — Roger Ross Williams Cinema Copy Share Image
The long journey I've taken from where I started, and to end up at the Governors Awards as a governor - it… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
American missionaries have free rein in Uganda. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, parliament. — Roger Ross Williams Hospitals Copy Share Image
What is so attractive about Uganda for missionaries is that they have free rein. They can go anywhere they please - schools,… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I will always make films that champion outsiders, because I still feel like one, even though I'm now governor of the documentary… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Wiseman's films are some of the most pure cinema, and to take a journey in a Wiseman film is like no other.… — Roger Ross Williams Body Copy Share Image
Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd. — Roger Ross Williams Absurd Copy Share Image
Racism is a global problem and it is as damaging to Whites as it is to non-Whites. Everyone must fight against it. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
While shooting in Uganda in 2011, the conservative evangelical pastors I was filming - the most ardent supporters of the country's now… — Roger Ross Williams Country Copy Share Image
![“I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years. Disney has updated them, and made them accessible for us.” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69e/roger-ross-williams-5118_classic_i-mentioned-before-these-classic-disney_2429370.jpg)
![“It is our stories [classic Disney films] that make us human - so Owen [Suskind] has become an expert in what connects us and makes us human. That got to me, the power of these stories, and the lessons these tales give us to create the connection between us.” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/roger-ross-williams-5118_classic_it-is-our-stories-classic-disney-films-t_2694228.jpg)
![“The challenge and the goal was to get inside Owen's [Suskind] world, because I really wanted to see it through his point of view. To achieve that naturalism, I used a screen in front of a camera as I interviewed him” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/roger-ross-williams-5118_achieve_the-challenge-and-the-goal-was-to-get-in_740629.jpg)
![“[Zwarte Piet] is unfortunate, and just like the early American blackface films, if it offends a segment of the population, it shouldn't be shown again.” quote by Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/roger-ross-williams-5118_blackface_zwarte-piet-is-unfortunate-and-just-like_2936566.jpg)
