I could direct a very decent Holocaust film, but I don’t have the same experience as a young boy who was rocked to sleep in the lap of a grandmother who had a tattooed number on her arm, who told him stories of the people who disappeared, the relatives she never saw again, as he drifted off with his cheek nestled next to that number. Bill Duke Read Quote
I think the media and the Internet and all that stuff, has created this perception of black women as these mammy types, kind of angry, you know, full of pent up emotions and resentments. And that these women are people to feared rather than loved. Bill Duke Read Quote
Do I see people working harder than me? I can’t imagine that but if I do it inspires me to work harder. Bill Duke Read Quote
My favorite filmmaker is Frank Capra. He talked about the redemption of the human spirit – not the superhero, but the common man. Bill Duke Read Quote
I’m a very private person, not much of a party person. That’s how I keep my sanity. Bill Duke Read Quote
I had parents who taught me ethics that I didn’t know they were teaching me at the time. Bill Duke Read Quote
Our internal racism is still alive. We are still putting each other down and making jokes about each other because of the color of our skin. With women particularly, it’s difficult because the beauty business says, ‘If you don’t look a certain way, God made a mistake.’ Bill Duke Read Quote
It’s very important that we give a voice to the voiceless in terms of media; because media is a global phenom and it portrays you dependent upon what controls you have and the writers are doing great work. Bill Duke Read Quote
