Battles I lose none I make crews run I get fools done, got ten fingers but only use one
As a director, I try not to implement a way for working, for every single actor, across the board. I try to work with each one, on an individual basis.
As a person of color, I was just really tired of the fact that I wasn't seeing my story in the culture.
This film isn't about "white racism", or racism at all. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE is about identity. It's about the difference between how the mass culture responds to a person because of their race and who they understand themselves to truly be. And this societal conflict appears to be one that many share.
Sometimes identity can be your salvation. It can be liberating to find your place in the world, but at some point, identity can hold you back.
One of the facets of growing up the way I did, I never had the experience of being solely in the black community. Even my family, my mother is what they call Creole, so she's part French, part black, and grew up in Louisiana. It's a very specific kind of blackness that is different than what is traditionally thought of as the black community and black culture. So, I never felt a part of whatever that was.
I have this natural thing in my head that when I sit down to write something serious, I tend to make jokes. I can't help it. I can't help but desire for the narrative to be as complicated and as truthful as possible. That's just the way my head works.
Strip it all down to essentials and draw the hell out of what's left.
The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.
There’s nothing wrong with not looking like something. It just means you don’t fit the stereotype yet.
Without meditation, and without a relationship to your mind, you fail to use the power of the mind. You fail to rely on your self. You complicate your approach. You do not use the beautiful designs given to you by birthright in this body, that link the effectiveness of body, mind, soul and you.