About Quote by KiKi Layne Download Open image “Hollywood has had a very limited way of telling stories about black people.” — KiKi Layne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Black Black people Hollywood People Way
I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share
I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many opportunities to… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
A lot of young black people in America, and even in Africa and Brazil, would say that they are telling their story, but most… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
The black community has for a long time been a part of the Hollywood community, and of course we would love to have a more proportionate ratio of films that tell our stories. — Rza Copy Share
Back in the 1970s, it was mostly all-black audiences coming into the theaters. So, we presented stories they could relate to. — Rudy Ray Moore Copy Share Image
The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place. — Algee Smith Copy Share Image
I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships. — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
If a white filmmaker is going to tell a story about a Black family, then because they get all the opportunities that they get,… — Taylor Russell Copy Share Image
In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Why can't black women on stage tell stories that can affect white men in the audience? — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I feel there's a really raw quality in the Chicago theater community that's really special. — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
Instead of asking for permission, we're seeing more artists and creatives taking control over the stories we tell. — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
Most Sagittariuses start off really reserved. You gotta check people out, see what they're about, and then once we decide you're cool, then that's… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
Seeing all of these beautiful brown faces and having that patience for them to live in whatever it was that they were living in;… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
Like, no, I can really be queen of the universe. I can be president. I can be, I don't know, an alien from Venus.… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful that 'Beale Street' was that opportunity for me to be introduced to the industry in that way and have some doors… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
When you hear these stories about different cases of police brutality, don't even just make that person just another hashtag, another statistic. That is… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
To see a young black woman being loved for just who she is - her hair, her skin, her clothes - is powerful. — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
The only thing I'm sure of is that I want to keep doing work that speaks to me. — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
I'm not going to sit around and wait for some old studio executive to decide my career path. — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
Making films is such a large, collaborative effort and there's so many people who are a part of it. — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
I remember growing up and feeling like I didn't really see much of myself represented. Or if I did, there were only a few… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
