Acting Quote by Debbie Allen

That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If…

— Debbie Allen

The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture…

— Debbie Allen

Be true. Be beautiful. Be free. In the midst of segregation and racism Mamma raised us to be independent and free. We saw ourselves…

— Debbie Allen

The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit…

— Debbie Allen

My mother Vivian Ayers always instilled within her children that our opinions, our thoughts and our ideas about what was possible was important. My…

— Debbie Allen

Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.

— Debbie Allen

If you just change one person's life, you feel like you've done something. But if you can change a whole lot of them and…

— Debbie Allen

The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page.

— Debbie Allen

The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie…

— Debbie Allen

It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct.

— Debbie Allen

A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.

— Debbie Allen

I've had a lot of experience auditioning people, and I can do it rather quickly even though sometimes I let them linger and give…

— Debbie Allen