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Ava DuVernay Quotes

There's a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: August 24, 1972

Topics

Problem Body Looks Belonging Way

Men have got more of a discerning eye. They appreciate cut and details, things that aren't so obvious. They like things that have cachet and gentlemanliness.

Men Eye Appreciate Details More Cut

'Frasier' was a classy gig. I didn't for one minute think it was less prestigious or artistic than doing a play.

Think Doing Play Classy Minute Than

Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need time for everything that develops and crystallizes in the world of ideas. Architecture demands more of this time than other creative work.

Work Time Architecture Creative Fish

Any child can be developed, it depends on how you do it.

Shinichi Suzuki

Child You How Depends Any Developed

There's something inside of me that just connects or doesn't connect with the project.

Mary Steenburgen

Me Inside Project Connect Something

I didn't ask to be short. I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter.

Short Want Matter Ask Pretend Guy

There are so many opportunities where people are thirsting: young people who are preparing for Confirmation, young adults who are searching, people of every age. There's a great thirst, I think, of people to come to understand and to belong to the Church of Christ.

Joseph Edward Kurtz

Age Great People Opportunities Think

No one ever told me I should eat egg whites or drink a gallon of water each day.

Water Day Me Egg Drink Eat

The very phrase 'Oscar night' used to accelerate my pulse. For one thing - dating myself - it meant Bob Hope. He always had good, strong jokes, that faultless delivery, and always a new joke about his own films' failure - once again - to be honored.

Failure Good Hope Myself Dating New

One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal retentive, Bauhaus elegance of the Mac does prevent the loose ends and confusion of a less sterile environment. But it also prevents fertility. Apple's development must come from within.

Douglas Rushkoff

Good Elegance Environment Bad Apple

When I think about the stuff I've turned down or the stuff I wasn't interested in, I don't have any regrets. Yes, there were some movies that went on to be really popular. But now, how do they really fit into things?

Think Down Now Movies Yes Regrets

It's important for me, when looking at a role, to decide whether or not to take the journey of that character. Will I grow as an actress? And will I grow as a person?

Character Journey Me Looking Grow

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