Difficult Quote by Melvin Van Peebles

The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success.

— Melvin Van Peebles

When we talk about 'Sweetback,' yes, it stars the whole black movement, but it's also the first time an independent film made that kind…

— Melvin Van Peebles

Blaxploitation films were black films targeting black people. They were films made to appeal to a culture in a way that was supposed to…

— Adrian Younge

'Milk' had to be a financial success, following the success of 'Brokeback Mountain.' It had to make money so studios would develop other LGBT…

— Dustin Lance Black

If you take the '70s with Blaxploitation pictures, there was a proliferation of black-content films and motion pictures, television, stage plays and so forth…

— Glynn Turman

Blaxploitation films were all about centering Black love, action, pathos and showing Black folks with agency.

— Jason Johnson

...In the past, as now, [Hollywood] was a stamping ground for tastelessness, violence, and hyperbole, but once upon a time it turned out a…

— Anita Loos

Before I made 'Sweetback,' I had a three-picture deal with Columbia and enough juice, if I was real clever with it, to proclaim that…

— Melvin Van Peebles

After it was declared as an industry and legit money started coming in, actors were then given the choice of making one film at…

— Shabana Azmi

Audiences can be leery of sequels; the studios make a hit, they see dollar signs, and they make a cheap rip-off.

— William Katt

I was not intrigued with the accouterments of success and fame, the furs, jewels, expensive automobiles and mansions... I can assure you that these…

— Sophia Loren

Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a…

— Ben Affleck