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When I started out, there were three things that made film people look at me with condescension, I was young, I was black, and I was female. I have won a certain respect, but I think the film community still sees directing as a male job.
Euzhan Palcy
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'Sugar Cane Alley' had a lot of international success, big success everywhere.
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Francois Truffaut was my godfather on 'Sugar Cane Alley.' He believed in me and in that story, and told everyone that it should be made.
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I wanted to make a black story about South Africa. Unfortunately, no producer in the United States would put one penny into a black story.
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I believe that the American audience is not so dumb that they wouldn't be interested in a black story.
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Some people make movies for money or glory and will take any subject people offer them. But I cannot do that. I need to feel the story and make it mine.
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As a child, I always wanted to be the last one to take a bath because I knew I could close the door and spend hours just having my bath and singing.
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In the days when I wasn't being taken seriously, I wore long skirts - very conservative. But now, I dress any way I want to.
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When my mother and father fell in love, my mother's family would never accept it.
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My experience I consider an accident in the Hollywood system. I don't believe it should be a reference for a black film maker, or an example for any young film maker, because it's purely luck.
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I've been to Cuba many times.
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There are many projects I couldn't get off the ground because they didn't have white heroes. It's a problem that everyone who's been working in Hollywood has been facing.
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