American - Director | January 6, 1968 -
Ja Rule not doing '2 Fast 2 Furious' changed Ludacris's life.
John Singleton
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There's this guy: his name, Sedik Ali. He's like the African Kurosawa. You know how Kurosawa does stuff from feudal Japan? This guy does the feudal system of Africa.
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I make notes about things I see in films that really affect me, like the ending of 'Jules and Jim.' I think about how I can utilize things in my work. And I have a team of people who keep me down to earth.
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In 'Boyz N the Hood,' every female character was three-dimensional.
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What's interesting when you see 'Black Panther' is you realize it couldn't have been directed by anybody else but Ryan Coogler. It's a great adventure movie, and it works on all those different levels as entertainment, but it has this kind of cultural through-line that is so specific that it makes it universal.
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As a storyteller, when you see somebody who is the character you envisioned, you feel this energy in the room.
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All the kids looked up to my father because he was known to be that dude who knocks people out.
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When I was small, in the early '70s, my mother took me to see 'Cooley High.'
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The cinema saved me from being a delinquent. I could have been, but I didn't get caught up. I never was going to get arrested or anything.
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I'm not a Beverly Hills dude.
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When I was in my 20s, I was out of control in terms of what I would do to defend my vision. There are black film-makers and storytellers who take a back seat to just get it done. It's good, but it's not right there. It's been compromised.
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One of the biggest regrets of my whole career was turning down an offer to direct on the first season of 'The Wire.' That would have been so perfect for me.
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