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I’ve been taught through life experience that, like, I’d better open my mouth and quickly define myself in a new space and with new people because, if I don’t, I will be defined.

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Justin Simien

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I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I’m storyteller, I’m a son, I’m a friend, so I am all those things, so it is frustrating, to a degree, to be limited by other people’s perceptions of me, but at the same time, it is true that I am a black guy, and, you know, it’s like I’m rooted in but not bound by.

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Usually, with ‘Star Trek,’ you always trust the captain. The captains are always going to pull us through; the captain’s always going to win.

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May 3, 2024

Usually, with ‘Star Trek,’ you always trust the captain. The captains are always going to pull us through; the captain’s always going to win.

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May 3, 2024

I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I’m storyteller, I’m a son, I’m a friend, so I am all those things, so it is frustrating, to a degree, to be limited by other people’s perceptions of me, but at the same time, it is true that I am a black guy, and, you know, it’s like I’m rooted in but not bound by.

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