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Justin Simien Quotes

American - Director | May 7, 1983 -

I never quite lived up to the image of the black man as I saw it growing up. I was never listening to the right music at the right time or wearing the right clothes at the right time. I was still listening to Michael Jackson, and everyone had sort of moved on to gangster rap. Alanis Morissette when everyone else was listening to En Vogue.

Music Time Man Growing Up Listening

Stories teach us empathy. They reveal to us ourselves in the skins of others.

Empathy Teach Others Reveal Us

That is just the reality of being a marginalized person in this country: you have to deal with the psychological impact of your oppressor - whether that's being a woman dealing with men or gay people dealing with straight people or trans people dealing with everybody else.

Men Woman People Reality Impact You

You can't get along in society without an identity.

Identity Society You Without Get

There can't be reverse racism against a group that is not at a disadvantage.

Racism Group Against Disadvantage

Balance, I think, and self-care is something I want people to really take to heart.

Heart Balance People Think Want

Everyone at a performing arts schools is weird. The weirder you were, the better. If you weren't weird in some way, they'd look at you and be like, 'Who's that square?'

Better Weird You Look Way Everyone

I remember the first time that I realized that being black meant that I wasn't allowed certain things. It was in the fourth grade, and it was who I thought was my best friend not inviting me to his birthday party because I would be the only black kid there. It was the first time I ever felt restricted, and it certainly wasn't the last time.

Birthday Friend Time Best Me Black

'Color-blind' comes up - people say 'Oh, I'm color-blind and therefore can't be accused of racism,' but I think that if we are going to have an honest dialogue about racism, we have to admit that people of color are having a different experience.

Experience Racism People Color Think

Self-doubt is a constant companion for a chubby, gay, black boy born in the South.

Black Gay Born Boy Companion Chubby

There is an obsession with black tragedy. If you see a black movie, it's typically historical, and it tends to deal with our pain. And listen, there have been some excellent films made in that vein, and there are some painful parts of black history that should be explored, but it is kind of weird that only those films bubble up to the surface.

History Pain Black Weird You Bubble

'Blue is the Warmest Colour' - I'm not a lesbian, I'm not French, I'm not a woman, but I saw so much of myself in those women and in those characters. I saw different parts of myself than I ever would've seen if I hadn't seen that film.

Women Myself Woman Blue Colour Film

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