In a lot of movies, African-Americans are either maids or slaves, but that’s not all they were. We need to show that. And we can’t keep erasing history. Allison Schroeder Read Quote
We need more diversity – we need more African-Americans on screen, Latinos, Asians, different religions. We have to be better about reflecting what our world looks like. Allison Schroeder Read Quote
People tell me I’m very ambitious right now. But I just have a lot of stories in my head, and why can’t I do them all? Allison Schroeder Read Quote
When I switched to screenplays – ’cause I had done musicals and plays – the first assignment in film school was, you have to write a silent film. And it’s tremendously helpful to learn how to do that because dialogue can be a crutch. If you can master a silent film, you’re golden. Allison Schroeder Read Quote
Sometimes you feel all alone. You come out of a meeting, and something sexist has been said to you: That movie will never be made with that female lead. And you think, ‘How am I ever gonna get another job?’ When you hear other women having the same experiences, it makes you feel like, ‘Well, I’m gonna keep going, and we’re gonna fight this system.’ Allison Schroeder Read Quote
I interned at NASA for five years, and I grew up in Cape Canaveral, and my grandfather was an engineer on the Mercury capsule, and my grandmother was a software engineer. I literally grew up playing on the Mercury capsule prototypes. Allison Schroeder Read Quote
In high school, I was selected for NASA’s Math & Science program. I’d hop on the yellow school bus and head up to Cape Canaveral. Allison Schroeder Read Quote
I think a broader audience is really amazing. If there’s no need for curse words or darkness, why go there? Why not make it PG? Allison Schroeder Read Quote
I write in my pajamas on my sofa surrounded by my cats. It’s a bit isolating. Allison Schroeder Read Quote
There was an email forwarded to me from a first-grade teacher, and she said she was teaching them civil rights for MLK weekend, and a little first-grader stood up, and he said, ‘I can explain segregation,’ and proceeded to explain all the scenes from ‘Hidden Figures.’ And I died because that’s everything. Allison Schroeder Read Quote
