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I like to be an idea person. I like to pull different people together and find new talent.
John Singleton -
At heart, I'm a dude from South Central Los Angeles. We roll the way we roll because we had survival tactics; we had to learn how to adapt. That's just me.
John Singleton
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All the kids looked up to my father because he was known to be that dude who knocks people out.
John Singleton -
I can't watch a movie and watch just two minutes and turn it off, then go talk to my girlfriend.
John Singleton -
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.
John Singleton -
In 'Boyz N the Hood,' every female character was three-dimensional.
John Singleton -
The cinema saved me from being a delinquent. I could have been, but I didn't get caught up. I never was going to get arrested or anything.
John Singleton -
I've got passion, and for people who don't, I make them see how trite their lives are.
John Singleton
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What's interesting when you see 'Black Panther' is you realize it couldn't have been directed by anybody else but Ryan Coogler. It's a great adventure movie, and it works on all those different levels as entertainment, but it has this kind of cultural through-line that is so specific that it makes it universal.
John Singleton -
I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.
John Singleton -
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.
John Singleton -
I met Tupac through Queen Latifah in New York at this party that we were at, at a place downtown called Big City Diner.
John Singleton -
'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.
John Singleton -
When I was in my 20s, I was out of control in terms of what I would do to defend my vision. There are black film-makers and storytellers who take a back seat to just get it done. It's good, but it's not right there. It's been compromised.
John Singleton
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I wanted to dress cool, and get all the ladies.
John Singleton -
One of the biggest regrets of my whole career was turning down an offer to direct on the first season of 'The Wire.' That would have been so perfect for me.
John Singleton -
I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool tangible subject again that I want to tackle.
John Singleton -
I'm not a Beverly Hills dude.
John Singleton