Quotes About Inclusivity

Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.

My favorite thing is to have collectives. Even when it comes to filmmaking as well, filmmaking and music and most art in general, I feel like everyone should have the same say. If you're in a collective, I feel like everyone should have the same say.

I like how collaborative and cult-like filmmaking is. It's really family-oriented, tribe-oriented.

I am not against two-heroine films.

God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our different countries we divided them all a little differently as we feel it, do you understand?

If I see one of my sales assistants neglecting someone because he doesn't look like a good client, he's fired immediately.

We need all those divisions of country music, firing on all cylinders.

I firmly believe that you are supposed to love everybody. That is God's one boldest commandment.

Well, first of all, I think that Russia has to have free democratic elections, that means everyone who wants to take part in it should be admitted.

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.

First thing is first and let me be clear: I stand with the Black community. Black Lives Matter. There is no room in this world for racism. Period.

I'm always fascinated by the use of the first-person plural talking about sports.

You go for the best talent available, wherever it is. You fish it out. That's how I've scouted all my career. Doesn't matter where it is - international, domestic, college, anywhere.

Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they serve.

I feel like I'm cultured enough to fit into any environment.

I have never fitted neatly into the arts section, I don't think.

When we talk about feminism - equality without apology for all - we can't be talking about for all white women or all highly educated women but all women, regardless of color, class, creed, sexual orientation or identity.

I think that women of color use social media to make our voices heard with or without the amplification of white women. I also think that, many times, when white women want our support, they use an umbrella of 'women supporting women' and forget that they didn't lend the same kind of support.

It took me years to find a program that kept me in shape: Gyms felt intimidating, and women's magazines seemed tailored for toning the bodies of already trim white women.

No one tells every white person in this country how to be. No one tells every Hispanic, or Asian or Jewish person in this country how to be. There is no single definition of whiteness or single definition of blackness.

I want all types of people to look at my work and see themselves, just like I watch a Reese Witherspoon movie as a black woman and can empathize with her because we have had to internalize whiteness in that way to survive.

The only time you had blacks, whites, and Latinos jamming together was in hip-hop. It's an unsung history.

Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.

I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well.