I really admire Werner Herzog and Spike Lee. They’re amazing documentarians. If you took away all the narratives, they’d just be amazing documentarians. Ava DuVernay Read Quote
Positive characterizations are complex characterizations. That’s all we need to know. They shouldn’t be saccharine. They shouldn’t feel like medicine. Ava DuVernay Read Quote
I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. Ava DuVernay Read Quote
It’s emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on our worldview. Ava DuVernay Read Quote
There’s a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way. Ava DuVernay Read Quote
I’m not signing on to direct ‘Black Panther.’ I think I’ll just say we had different ideas about what the story would be. Marvel has a certain way of doing things, and I think they’re fantastic, and a lot of people love what they do. I loved that they reached out to me. Ava DuVernay Read Quote
As a filmmaker, you put the film out there, and you just want it to be okay. You don’t want to let people down; you don’t want to embarrass yourself. Ava DuVernay Read Quote
