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I think I am a little jealous of women who have great girlfriends as adults.

Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.

At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy.

You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them.

I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.

Stop asking, start doing.

I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.

Don't wait for permission to do something creative.

When you're in your lane, there's no traffic.

Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm a black woman filmmaker.

If your dream only includes you, it's too small.

I think that women definitely have a special bond as friends that is hard to describe to men, and we don't often see that portrayed narratively.

As long as you're in an environment where the worth of the project isn't based on the project but what its predecessors did, it's not truly inclusive.

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.

I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films.

Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story.

I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.

When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done.

Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino.

I tell the stories that are of interest to me.

Positive characterizations are complex characterizations. That's all we need to know. They shouldn't be saccharine. They shouldn't feel like medicine.

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through.

Film school was a privilege I could not afford.

Those [old] days are gone ... accept the reality and do it.