Ava DuVernay Quotes - Page 5

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• I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.

  Ava DuVernay

  Black, Wish, Cameras

  "10 Questions With Ava DuVernay ('I Will Follow,' Middle Of Nowhere,” AFFRM)". www.indiewire.com. November 11, 2011.

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• 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.

  Ava DuVernay

  Thinking, Voice, Support

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't understand the iPhone. I just don't get it. Don't ya'll have to write serious emails throughout the day? How can you possibly manage detailed missives on a phone with no keys?

  Ava DuVernay

  Writing, Keys, Phones

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Ava DuVernay

  Long, Environment, Projects

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Ava DuVernay

  Want, Film, Knows

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I thing for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. You see the statistics, and the dropoff on the second and third [films] , are dire.

  Ava DuVernay

  Issues, Female, Statistics

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• The documentaries were something that I could do for a small amount of money, and then I felt like as long as I found the truth in the stories I was telling as a doc, I could teach myself filmmaking through doc filmmaking.

  Ava DuVernay

  Long, Stories, Documentaries

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Roger Ebert was such a champion of underrepresented filmmakers. He was a very big deal to me. It shows the power of critics. People who write about film, like you, can really affect the confidence of a young filmmaker. He did that for me, so it was such a pleasure to have an opportunity to talk about Roger in the movie.

  Ava DuVernay

  Writing, Opportunity, People

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I think I am a little jealous of women who have great girlfriends as adults.

  Ava DuVernay

  Girlfriend, Jealous, Thinking

  "Ava DuVernay on Fear, Friendship, and Working With Miu Miu". Interview with Veronica Misako Gledhill, www.thecut.com. February 8, 2013.

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• I tell the stories that are of interest to me.

  Ava DuVernay

  Stories, Interest

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through.

  Ava DuVernay

  Jobs, Needs, Locks

  "Ava Duvernay ‘My Mic Sounds Nice’". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. August 25, 2010.

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