Accused Quote by Kirk Douglas

It's never been written about, but before the blacklist of Dalton Trumbo and the Hollywood Ten, there was a de facto blacklist by Communists…

— Orson Bean

In many points in history films and filmmakers have been banned for political reasons- that's how annoying they can be to oppressing systems, how…

— Andrea Suarez Paz

Many filmmakers have had that experience. They make a movie, then out of nowhere, they either pass censorship or fail.

— Jiang Wen

I have been in films before where people have been in a rush to label them as a Black film or even as a…

— David Oyelowo

Four or five years ago I decided to stop cursing the darkness - I had been complaining about movies and their content for years…

— Philip Anschutz

When I first came to Hollywood, the blacklist was just starting, and they were having hearings in Washington. What most people don't know is…

— Kirk Douglas

Americans are attracted to the dark side. But which movies should be allowed to be violent and show that dark side, and which should…

— Julie Taymor

Movies are one of the bad habits that have corrupted our century. They have slipped into the American mind more misinformation in one evening…

— Ben Hecht

I had talked to my agent a lot over the years about not being interested in stereotypical "black films" [because] I didn't like the…

— Zoe Kravitz

I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and…

— John le Carre

It really upsets me that the media insists on turning 'Do the Right Thing' or 'Boyz N the Hood' into 'black films.' They are…

— Bill Duke

I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The…

— Kevin Hart