American - Director | January 6, 1968 -
Crunk music is the music of the South, it pervades every club and nightclub not only in America, but all over the world.
John Singleton
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I've become more relaxed. When I was younger, I had more erratic, nervous tension when I was working.
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It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work.
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I try to keep focused on the things that really make me happy and just do those same things.
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At heart, I'm a dude from South Central Los Angeles. We roll the way we roll because we had survival tactics; we had to learn how to adapt. That's just me.
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The freshest moments in my films have always been with unknown actors.
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I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.
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Now, I'm so relaxed that I have to make myself nervous. I feel better when I'm second and third guessing myself over everything. I play with the mice in my head, all the time.
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You can only really write about what you know about.
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I've got passion, and for people who don't, I make them see how trite their lives are.
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I really took filmmaking very seriously... It was an honor and then a crutch also, because at a young age, I was like, I guess I'm a serious filmmaker. I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I just set out to make movies.
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Cinema was my rite of passage.
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