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Ava DuVernay quotes: I think I am a little jealous of women who have great girlfriends as adults.

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

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

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

Ava DuVernay quotes: At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy.

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

Ava DuVernay quotes: You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them.

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

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

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

Ava DuVernay quotes: Stop asking, start doing.

Stop asking, start doing.

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

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

Ava DuVernay quotes: Don't wait for permission to do something creative.

Don't wait for permission to do something creative.

Ava DuVernay quotes: When you're in your lane, there's no traffic.

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

Ava DuVernay quotes: 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.

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.

Ava DuVernay quotes: If your dream only includes you, it's too small.

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

Ava DuVernay quotes: 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.

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.

Ava DuVernay quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Ava DuVernay quotes: Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story.

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

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

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

Ava DuVernay quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Ava DuVernay quotes: I tell the stories that are of interest to me.

I tell the stories that are of interest to me.

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

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

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

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

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

Ava DuVernay quotes: Film school was a privilege I could not afford.

Film school was a privilege I could not afford.

Ava DuVernay quotes: Those [old] days are gone ... accept the reality and do it.

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