Black Quote by Hilton Als Download Open image “I have not seen 'The Lion King.' I don't do black folklore. And I'm black.” — Hilton Als ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Folklore King Lion Seen
To be Black is the greatest fiction of my life. Yet I'm still bound to its myth. I can't help but think about the… — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions. — Bert Lahr Copy Share Image
The negro king desired to be portrayed as white. But do not laugh at the poor African; for every man is but another negro… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Black storytelling can be about anything, absolutely anything, and within that it can be as enriching, as complex, beautiful, ugly as anything else. We… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
Saying the lion is kind of the beasts says something about lions and also something about kings. — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
Funny enough, you know who I used to really like in Lion King? It was Scar. — Burna Boy Copy Share Image
As a child, I used to see legends holding the 'black lady' and would think that I would get it someday. — Dhanush Copy Share Image
Part of the reason everyone is freaking out over 'Black Panther' is because we've never seen it. We have two thousand years of stories,… — Tomi Adeyemi Copy Share Image
There's all kinds of depictions of black men. You have the Denzel Washingtons and the Will Smiths; that's wonderful, but that doesn't represent everyone.… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I spent 12 years of my life writing stories without black people. That's insane to me. It's insane that I could have believed in… — Tomi Adeyemi Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was always super into fantasy and 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Game of Thrones' and all of that, but I… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
Challenging is good, like good conversation, yes? Who wants to have dinner with the same old easy listening music sounding friends all the time? — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I think someone like Khandi Alexander, who's now on 'Treme,' is one of the most extraordinary actresses I've seen in years. But she's dependent… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I think you're not really teaching anyone unless you're learning yourself. — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I used to always love taking photos, but I would always give a camera away to someone else. Now I don't give the camera… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
If I feel like I haven't really tapped into the essence of the story when I do an assignment, I may revisit it on… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
Great sadness can be off putting, hard to comprehend, especially if it hasn't been your experience. It's amazing for me to know now that… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I think that Tyler Perry's genius really has been to tap into the domestic market. He knows what his audience is based on, having… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I thought of the structure as musical. The first piece, for instance, contains the names/subject matter of every person to come in the book.… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
People are quick to make monuments of anything they live long enough to control. — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
