Will Packer

When people have options for what they want to see, it forces the quality of programming and content to be higher.

— Will Packer

I think that America is more diverse than ever before, and is continuing to become more diverse, and our content should and…

— Will Packer

It's exciting to me that Ride Along is a movie that has two African American leads, but it's even more exciting to…

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There's nothing more exciting than to have a project that you like, that you're proud of, and you're waiting for that validation…

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I've learned that if you can keep it calm and keep it fun and loose, then that allows for ideas from the…

— Will Packer

We need more filmmakers of color telling the story. I'd like to see more filmmakers take their products out independently, put together…

— Will Packer

When I was a kid, my parents never let me use race as an excuse. They'd say, 'When you walk into a…

— Will Packer

I think the country needs a good laugh. There are so many things dividing us right now, in the real world, that…

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I've never been in the position where that conversation is a serious conversation before the movie even comes out. On one side…

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You want people to go see it by the hoards. And for there to be talk of the possibility of continuing the…

— Will Packer

I really feel like the sky is the limit. I'm a dreamer, and I dream in full vivid color HD.

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For me, I look at a project that has a story that's going to resonate in some way. It doesn't have to…

— Will Packer

I never want someone to come out of one of my films and say, "Damn. I wasted an hour and a half…

— Will Packer

I'm excited about my own network, BounceTV. It's the first African-American-owned broadcast network. It's myself, my partner Rob Hardy, and some other…

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I'm looking for films that can resonate and hopefully have some level of critical importance but also have commercial viability and can…

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It's always better if you can keep the bar low, and then exceed the expectation. When it's high, that makes the job…

— Will Packer

I definitely want make an impact in television. I want to make a continued and greater impact in feature films, and I…

— Will Packer

People that I know, the vast majority, who are successful work really, really hard. Sure, there's some people that either get lucky…

— Will Packer

Obviously, my stuff has been more in the comedy realm, and I really believe that if I'm laughing behind the camera, then…

— Will Packer

It's tough to get any movie made, but unless it's a movie about race or culture or ethnicity, it's becoming less and…

— Will Packer

I'm always going to go up against movies with bigger muscle and money, so I need to have a strong grass-roots game.

— Will Packer

There's nothing more important than having a personal connection with your audience.

— Will Packer

I had no intention of being a film producer, and I knew I wasn't passionate about engineering. I was always set on…

— Will Packer

In real life, holidays are extremely stressful. They're the best of times and worst of times because you have got people trying…

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My philosophy is making a movie is difficult enough and I just feel as if you should have a really good time…

— Will Packer