American Quote by Salim Akil Download Open image “Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce, is the American dream.” — Salim Akil ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare American American dream Dreams Lightning
Jefferson Pierce is the epitome of what black men are: He loves his wife, his children, and the community. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
If the only thing that was interesting about Jefferson Pierce is that he is African-American, I don't think we'd have much of a show. — Salim Akil Copy Share
To me, Jefferson Pierce represented every side of me. I knew that I would be able to flesh him out. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
If anyone sees anything in 'Black Lightning' that seems foreign to them, then they haven't been paying attention. This is a uniquely American experience. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
It's nice to be a part of a show I was passionate about and that's pushing the culture forward. I feel 'Black Lightning' is… — Nafessa Williams Copy Share Image
The Black experience in America now includes everything, all the way up to being the president of the United States.' But there's genres for… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
He is a great enough magician to tap our most common nightmares, daydreams and twilight fancies, but he never invented them either: he found them a place to live, a green alternative to each day's madness here in a poisoned world. We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share
Jefferson Pierce is the epitome of what black men are: He loves his wife, his children, and the community. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Michael Schultz's 'Cooley High' is a classic. Oftentimes, we don't get to see films about coming of age, especially for young African Americans. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
As an artist, I write and I do what I know and what creatively comes out of me, and I think that other artists… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Every time I get an opportunity to do what I love to do, it's huge. It never gets old. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
When you're young, taking a risk doesn't necessarily feel like a risk because you're young. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
I don't walk around all the time thinking of myself as African American, but oftentimes in Hollywood, you are reminded of that in ways… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful thing to see 'Wonder Woman' directed by a woman. That did have an affect on the character, the , and the… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
There are so many families who do not come up in a traditional household. African Americans, Latins, and, I'm sure, whites as well, but… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Come election time, black and white politicians put on their costumes of compassion and care, shake black hands, kiss black babies, sing 'We Shall… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
When you see a superhero that looks like you and lives in and fights in a neighborhood that is sort of like yours, it's… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
It doesn't make sense to constantly talk about the lack of diversity in Hollywood. We all know it's there. My wife and I just… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
If you bury me in a grave, don't ever come visit - because you won't find me there. You'll find me in the books… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act in a tremendous investment to support millions of workers without a paycheck and behind on bills. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and employ almost half of the working population. Yet because of their size, they rarely… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
New York and San Francisco are distinctly different. San Francisco is driving the American media, not New York. You have young, microwaved millionaires and… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
