Ava DuVernay Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them.”

“As long as you're in an environment where the worth of the project isn't based on the project but what its predecessors did, it's not truly inclusive.”

“I just don't think there's a lot of support for the woman's voice in cinema, and it becomes really difficult to raise that money and start again every time.”

“I really admire Werner Herzog and Spike Lee. They're amazing documentarians. If you took away all the narratives, they'd just be amazing documentarians.”

“I've been to Sundance eight times as a publicist and thought I was very prepared. I mean, who could've been more prepared for me? A publicist who's been there eight times. Getting there as a filmmaker was a completely surreal, different, unexpected experience.”

“In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that the truth will come out.”

“We're told that independent film lovers... folks that are used to watching art house films, won't come out and see a film with black people in it - I've been told that in rooms, big rooms, studio rooms, and I know that's not true.”