Black Quote by Paul Mooney

The whole Black Hollywood thing doesn't exist for me anymore. Once someone says that to themselves, they subject themselves to those rules.

— Omar Epps

The movie industry used to be completely accessible. We all knew people in it, and nobody made a big fuss.

— Stefanie Powers

There was a period that black film had no chance of making it in Hollywood. So, people just made the made the statements that…

— Reginald Hudlin

You learn that Hollywood has its own rules, sometimes. And it's tricky, and sometimes you can't see what's coming around the corner.

— Ice Cube

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

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

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

I come from the best era of film I believe; when people were taking chances on films. It's time for us to bring more…

— Romany Malco

Up until the middle to late '60s, it was a choice to film in black-and-white or color. But then television became so vital to…

— John Boorman

All the people I've met, many outside of cinema, knew everything perfectly about one thing or one subject or one area.

— Sergio Leone

I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much…

— Don Cheadle

Sometimes when a movie is really alive you can see that they were just making decisions on the spot. They weren't bound to anything,…

— Michael Cera