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Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes

With ‘Love And Basketball,’ every studio turned it down Picture Quote #1

I grew up with white parents and until after college, it was a lot of confusion, especially because I grew up in an all-white area. So I never looked around and saw anyone who looked like me Picture Quote #1

I was adopted by two amazing people: a Salvadoran mother and a white father who were incredibly supportive of me and my work. I am eternally grateful for them Picture Quote #1

Talent has no gender. People are hiring young male directors right out of film school, off of a student film or off of a film at Sundance for millions of dollars. You can do the same with a female. It’s not a risk about the work if you respect the film that they made Picture Quote #1

As an audience member, if I go to a film, and I am watching two actors, and they’re kissing, and it looks like they don’t even want to be kissing, it just takes me out of the film Picture Quote #1

Out of Sight’ is one of my favorite films ever. Love Steven Soderbergh. ‘Goodfellas’ was a huge influence on me in terms of the use of camera. ‘Black Orpheus,’ a beautiful love story that very few people actually have seen, and that was an influence on ‘Beyond the Lights,’ too, in terms of the look of the film Picture Quote #1

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If I get a note on my script or my films, what I say to a studio executive is that, ‘You know, this is the film of my legacy, and I never want to be sitting in a theater looking up on the screen and seeing something that I don’t believe in.’ I will never do that Picture Quote #1

I was adopted by a Salvadorian mother and a white father. Growing up having complete identity crisis. Then my search for my mother and trying to find out why I was given up, and how could a mother give up a child, then finding out the circumstances of my birth was pretty traumatizing Picture Quote #1

Twitter and social media have so changed the game for filmmakers, but especially for artists. It shrinks the world and gives chance to feel like they know you. But it’s a blessing and a curse. It can help build you up, but there’s also such anonymity Picture Quote #1

Films really can change a conversation and change someone’s thinking and perception, especially with people of color at the center. It rarely happens. I think it’s important for both the community but also the world to see people of color in all genres, especially love stories Picture Quote #1

Beyond the Lights’ took incredible fight to get made. Four years of writing and two years of overcoming ‘no.’ Every studio balked. Twice. But I kept fighting. What gave me the courage was ‘Love and Basketball.’ Every studio turned down that film, too. But I never gave up because I believed in it with my whole heart and soul Picture Quote #1

I remember sitting in the theater watching ‘Bridesmaids,’ and I’m doubled over laughing, and then I’m crying in the same movie. It’s the overwhelming feeling, as I’m looking up and seeing these women, and I’m realizing how rare it is to see that Picture Quote #1

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Oh my God, I love UCLA so much. Their film school is great because it’s unstructured, so there’s a freedom to fail in there and just tell your story, and everybody makes a film. It’s so important to have that freedom in film school because that’s what you’re there for: to learn and make a film Picture Quote #1

There are a lot of aspects of filmmaking that I love, but one of my favorites is in post, finding the right song for the right moment Picture Quote #1

On my set, people have to respect the actor’s process. I totally respect what actors do. I give them whatever time they need, and I never scream out directions from the camera. I take the time to walk up to them and talk to them personally Picture Quote #1

I love movies. And I dig a great love story: the kind that wrecks me, then builds me back up and leaves me inspired. I write what I want to see Picture Quote #1

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With ‘Love And Basketball,’ every studio turned it down (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) I grew up with white parents and until after college, it was a lot of confusion, especially because I grew up in an all-white area. So I never looked around and saw anyone who looked like me. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) I was adopted by two amazing people: a Salvadoran mother and a white father who were incredibly supportive of me and my work. I am eternally grateful for them. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) Talent has no gender. People are hiring young male directors right out of film school, off of a student film or off of a film at Sundance for millions of dollars. You can do the same with a female. It’s not a risk about the work if you respect the film that they made. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) As an audience member, if I go to a film, and I am watching two actors, and they’re kissing, and it looks like they don’t even want to be kissing, it just takes me out of the film. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) Out of Sight’ is one of my favorite films ever. Love Steven Soderbergh. ‘Goodfellas’ was a huge influence on me in terms of the use of camera. ‘Black Orpheus,’ a beautiful love story that very few people actually have seen, and that was an influence on ‘Beyond the Lights,’ too, in terms of the look of the film. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) If I get a note on my script or my films, what I say to a studio executive is that, ‘You know, this is the film of my legacy, and I never want to be sitting in a theater looking up on the screen and seeing something that I don’t believe in.’ I will never do that. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) I was adopted by a Salvadorian mother and a white father. Growing up having complete identity crisis. Then my search for my mother and trying to find out why I was given up, and how could a mother give up a child, then finding out the circumstances of my birth was pretty traumatizing. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) Twitter and social media have so changed the game for filmmakers, but especially for artists. It shrinks the world and gives chance to feel like they know you. But it’s a blessing and a curse. It can help build you up, but there’s also such anonymity. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) Films really can change a conversation and change someone’s thinking and perception, especially with people of color at the center. It rarely happens. I think it’s important for both the community but also the world to see people of color in all genres, especially love stories. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) Beyond the Lights’ took incredible fight to get made. Four years of writing and two years of overcoming ‘no.’ Every studio balked. Twice. But I kept fighting. What gave me the courage was ‘Love and Basketball.’ Every studio turned down that film, too. But I never gave up because I believed in it with my whole heart and soul. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) I remember sitting in the theater watching ‘Bridesmaids,’ and I’m doubled over laughing, and then I’m crying in the same movie. It’s the overwhelming feeling, as I’m looking up and seeing these women, and I’m realizing how rare it is to see that. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) Oh my God, I love UCLA so much. Their film school is great because it’s unstructured, so there’s a freedom to fail in there and just tell your story, and everybody makes a film. It’s so important to have that freedom in film school because that’s what you’re there for: to learn and make a film. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) There are a lot of aspects of filmmaking that I love, but one of my favorites is in post, finding the right song for the right moment. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) On my set, people have to respect the actor’s process. I totally respect what actors do. I give them whatever time they need, and I never scream out directions from the camera. I take the time to walk up to them and talk to them personally. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes) I love movies. And I dig a great love story: the kind that wrecks me, then builds me back up and leaves me inspired. I write what I want to see. (Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes)