- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The establishment wants to connect with people who are like them, and I wasn't. I'm a black gay man from a poor working-class family. Most of the people who look like me are in prison.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom who just planted me in front of the television. But while growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in high school, I felt totally alienated from the world, but I loved movies. They were my escape, but coming from a disadvantaged community, I never knew that filmmaking was an option for me. A program like School of Doc would have been a game-changer.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
The long journey I've taken from where I started, and to end up at the Governors Awards as a governor - it was an emotional and powerful moment for me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, 'Why is my own church, my own community, rejecting me because of my sexuality?'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to church every Sunday and sang in the choir. But for all that the church gave me - for all that it represented belonging, love and community - it also shut its doors to me as a gay person. That experience left me with the lifelong desire to explore the power of religion to transform lives or destroy them.
- Expectations
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- Nov 07, 2020
Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd.
- Phone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even after I won the Oscar, my phone did not ring. No one called me to fund films or offer projects.
- Bond
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, after the release of the Bond film, the producers came back to me to offer me another one, but I didn't have any juice left for an immediate encore.
- Ethics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was fortunate that I was an only child. I had two parents who I really cared about, and they cared about me, so I got off to a good start.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always tried to balance my life with what is good for me but also keeping in mind how it affects somebody else.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020