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Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Company
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Nov 07, 2020

I had studied at the NYU School of the Arts under Lloyd Richards, who also worked with the Negro Ensemble Company.

Never
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Nov 07, 2020

Part of the training you get in theater is that you're never going to give up.

Nov 07, 2020

Pain is pain.

People
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm hoping to see some minorities in executive offices in positions of power, people who see the merit of projects with minority themes. That may or may not happen.

Pictures
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Nov 07, 2020

There is no reason why excellent pictures can't be made for $4-5 million.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

The only chance for a guy like me is to make a decent picture for a reasonable budget. If it brings in a profit for investors, maybe I'll have the opportunity to make something else.

Need
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Nov 07, 2020

We need people with foresight who are willing to make films with smaller budgets and accept smaller profits.

Men
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't think God makes mistakes and I think that women have to not rely on men to define their worth.

Human
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Nov 07, 2020

No individual should rely on any other human being or system to define their worth as a human being. You have to begin to find that within yourself.

People
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Nov 07, 2020

Well, in the '80s and '70s, with the exception of Sidney Poitier and Brock Peters, maybe Ivan Dixon, if you were as big and black as I am, you were a bad guy. Simple. Because in real life, I scare people.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I didn't come up in a culture or society that looked on me as a movie star. I was the bad guy. I was fortunate enough to be cast in some roles that weren't bad, were positive.

Get
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Nov 07, 2020

I enjoyed 'Predator' a lot, and also 'Get Rich and Die Tryin'.' I really enjoyed that role and playing the O.G.

Black
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Nov 07, 2020

AIDS is a very, very, very vicious disease, particularly in the black community.

Frustration
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Nov 07, 2020

Dreams that are planned are called frustration.

Nov 07, 2020

Television is an excellent training ground for a director. If you work consistently in television, as I did, you have to come in on time and on budget. What you are allowed in feature films are, fortunately, more time and a larger budget.

I Can
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Nov 07, 2020

What I really plan to do is take the best scripts I get and consider them seriously. I can actually work as an actor and prepare a film as a director.

Choice
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't want to exclusively direct white films, or black films. I want to have a choice.

Car
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Nov 07, 2020

I was the first black director on 'Dallas.' I drove my car into the studio lot and the guard asked me who I was delivering to.

Formula
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Nov 07, 2020

Television is a producers' medium. There is a formula with a certain number of closeups for each show.

Credit
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Nov 07, 2020

How can you compare 'Hollywood Shuffle,' financed through the director's credit cards, and 'Apocalypse Now?' You have to take into consideration the conditions under which it was made.

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