Black Quote by Ava DuVernay

All I've ever wanted to be is a strong, powerful, beautiful black woman.

— Katherine Ryan

I wish I were a really good photographer.

— Claire Messud

I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody…

— Lena Horne

I'm the black Demi Moore.

— Shaunie O'Neal

Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and…

— Ava DuVernay

I'm still trying to do films about black women.

— Pam Grier

I would always cast Meryl Streep for everything. I would do with something inspired by the work of Guy Bourdin, my favorite photographer.

— Penelope Cruz

I wish I could be one of those people who can take a picture at any time and still look beautiful.

— Anonymous

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

— Michael Jordan

The fact that I'm being cast in a show to play a female lead and I'm the dark-skinned Black woman with short hair, it's…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

The whole series is black-and-white, so when I went to shoot one of the women I only had black-and-white film with me. She had…

— Helmut Newton

I vowed to never be on camera down-talking another black man.

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr