Quotes from John Singleton

There's this guy: his name, Sedik Ali. He's like the African Kurosawa. You know how Kurosawa does stuff from feudal Japan? This guy does the feudal system of Africa.

I met Tupac through Queen Latifah in New York at this party that we were at, at a place downtown called Big City Diner.

I really took filmmaking very seriously... It was an honor and then a crutch also, because at a young age, I was like, I guess I'm a serious filmmaker. I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I just set out to make movies.

'Baby Boy' is one of my favourite films, and Tyrese keeps telling everybody we're going to make a sequel. I mean, we have a story right now but we don't know where we're going to take it.

All the kids looked up to my father because he was known to be that dude who knocks people out.

I've become more relaxed. When I was younger, I had more erratic, nervous tension when I was working.

I've got passion, and for people who don't, I make them see how trite their lives are.

The plain truth is, 'Fruitvale Station' was made totally outside the Hollywood studio system, and every ounce of the picture feels authentic. The lives of the people involved in the movie will never be the same.

I wanted to dress cool, and get all the ladies.

The more people who see a film, the more life it has. But I don't like when people watch DVDs and look at two scenes, but they don't look at the whole movie. Or they sit and talk to each other. You should always watch a movie all the way through.

Because, if I'm honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they're making myths out of me. And I know that ain't the life.

Crunk music is the music of the South, it pervades every club and nightclub not only in America, but all over the world.

The freshest moments in my films have always been with unknown actors.

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.

As a storyteller, when you see somebody who is the character you envisioned, you feel this energy in the room.

I make notes about things I see in films that really affect me, like the ending of 'Jules and Jim.' I think about how I can utilize things in my work. And I have a team of people who keep me down to earth.