Rick Famuyiwa

“Anita Hill has changed the history of how we deal with each other in the workplace. But it also was an interesting episode in how race and the history of race converged in this moment and got used and twisted and interpreted in all kind of ways.”

“I don't know if I've seen in the Constitution where it says if there's an election year, then we take a break until after for us to do the business of the American people.”

“But at the end of the day, the lottery of birth shouldn't determine your value to the world.”

“I'm probably going to be ashamed to say this... It was a Sir Mix-a-Lot album. I think I was 12, 13. I had just enough money for the 'My Posse's on Broadway' single, so I bought that single. That was the first thing I bought with my own money.”

“That's the one drawback of trying to keep up with technology, is that it changes quicker than films can come out.”

“As a kid who grew up in Inglewood, California during the Showtime era, I'm so happy to help bring the story of Earvin 'Magic' Johnson to the screen. This project is a convergence of so many things that excite and interest me as a filmmaker.”

“Why is it when a woman makes a film or a movie stars a female cast it is labeled women-centric because it is not white, male and middle-class men?”

“When I watch films and it becomes just about the reference and not necessarily a flow with how people naturally speak, that's when you're just saying, 'Okay, I'm trying to be cool and show off.'”

“I remember growing up watching John Hughes movies and watching these white kids from suburban Chicago. I connected to them even though I didn't live in their environment.”

“We've all seen these projections of how society is going to look in 50 years. We're all going to have to deal with each other culturally.”

“I loved films like 'When Harry Met Sally' and 'Annie Hall,' but these were very specific, white Manhattan experiences. You don't see a single person of color anywhere, but somehow these films are universal. As a filmmaker and creator, I was frustrated with that idea.”

“I always come back to Inglewood for inspiration when I need it.”

“Kendrick Lamar is from Compton, but his Compton and how he expresses that is completely different than NWA and Eazy-E even though they were from the same environment.”

“Wedding films are always about the differences between people. But they haven't quite dealt with African-Americans and Latinos.”

“The thing you gotta understand about L.A. is that everything is suburbia. Los Angeles isn't set up like San Francisco or New York.”

“I will continue to look for opportunities to tell stories that speak to a fresh generational, topical and multicultural point of view.”

“Lots of people knew who Kevin Hart was a decade before he hit it big.”

“I was always this weird outcast kid.”

“For me growing up when hip hop was forming and maturing and coming into its own, I just felt I was a part of something really exciting. I was a part of it as a consumer.”

“I really love weddings. You are surrounded by people who are strangers and then after you say 'I do' those strangers become family.”