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Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal."

Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story."

Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story.




Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Don't wait for permission to do something creative."

Don't wait for permission to do something creative.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "If you're doing something outside of dominant culture there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself."

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.




Ava DuVernay Quotes: "When you're in your lane, there's no traffic."

When you're in your lane, there's no traffic.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "We have to find new ways to work without permission, new ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed off to us to create our own audiences and our own material independently."

We have to find new ways to work without permission, new ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed off to us to create our own audiences and our own material independently.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you."

I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you.




Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Stop asking, start doing."

Stop asking, start doing.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "If your work is solid, it really doesn't matter what people you know because good work starts to rise to the top."

If your work is solid, it really doesn't matter what people you know because good work starts to rise to the top.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Because my mom always told me that I could. From a very early age, I felt comfortable leading."

Because my mom always told me that I could. From a very early age, I felt comfortable leading.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "The traditional ways to make a film, the traditional ways to share a film, have all collapsed. There are no gatekeepers, per se, any more, and anything can be done. Truly, I feel that."

The traditional ways to make a film, the traditional ways to share a film, have all collapsed. There are no gatekeepers, per se, any more, and anything can be done. Truly, I feel that.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I make films about Black women and it doesn't mean that you can't see them as a Black man, doesn't mean that he can't see them as a white man or she can't see them as a white woman."

I make films about Black women and it doesn't mean that you can't see them as a Black man, doesn't mean that he can't see them as a white man or she can't see them as a white woman.




Ava DuVernay Quotes: "If you have the ability to do something, you should do it."

If you have the ability to do something, you should do it.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "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 really admire Werner Herzog and Spike Lee. They're amazing documentarians. If you took away all the narratives, they'd just be amazing documentarians.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "We're a new world and it's not pretty. It's going to be for the brave to figure out how to survive in this."

We're a new world and it's not pretty. It's going to be for the brave to figure out how to survive in this.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino."

Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry."

I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done."

When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Netflix represents, as well as all the streaming services, something that I've been talking about being so important to inclusive voices around films."

Netflix represents, as well as all the streaming services, something that I've been talking about being so important to inclusive voices around films.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm a black woman filmmaker."

Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm a black woman filmmaker.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I know that there are a lot of great women that have gone before me, so it's important to acknowledge them."

I know that there are a lot of great women that have gone before me, so it's important to acknowledge them.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy."

At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "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."

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.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "When I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is happy."

When I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is happy.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "For far too long, independent voices have been relegated to places where these ideas are not seen on a mass level."

For far too long, independent voices have been relegated to places where these ideas are not seen on a mass level.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Those [old] days are gone... accept the reality and do it."

Those [old] days are gone... accept the reality and do it.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist."

I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Most of us think prison is a place where bad people go - which is what I thought for a long time - until you really start to look inside the system and you see, this is not right."

Most of us think prison is a place where bad people go - which is what I thought for a long time - until you really start to look inside the system and you see, this is not right.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I'm a huge Dirty Dancing fan. I feel like I should be reading [William] Shakespeare, but I'm watching Baby not be in a corner."

I'm a huge Dirty Dancing fan. I feel like I should be reading [William] Shakespeare, but I'm watching Baby not be in a corner.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them."

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



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Historically, you've had really muddy, unforgiving, unintentional images of black people."

Historically, you've had really muddy, unforgiving, unintentional images of black people.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "All these women had directed movies that I loved on the film festival circuit, but couldn't get a job making television. That's how locked down TV is."

All these women had directed movies that I loved on the film festival circuit, but couldn't get a job making television. That's how locked down TV is.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I feel mushy these days when I think about art and artists and the work that lies ahead for us. There's good work to be done and there's joy to be found in it, I think."

I feel mushy these days when I think about art and artists and the work that lies ahead for us. There's good work to be done and there's joy to be found in it, I think.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I know that sounds a little bit corny, but I've found some solace in that. I hope art can continue to do that for people, I really do."

I know that sounds a little bit corny, but I've found some solace in that. I hope art can continue to do that for people, I really do.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "The fact that we have people who have headed up oil corporations now assigned to places in cabinet."

The fact that we have people who have headed up oil corporations now assigned to places in cabinet.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I think there are pieces of the film [Age Of Trump] that are even more emotionally resonant and more vital to talk about than ever."

I think there are pieces of the film [Age Of Trump] that are even more emotionally resonant and more vital to talk about than ever.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I think there are a lot of people in this industry that have the ability, that have the position, they have the opportunity, they have the privilege to call the shots and could do it too."

I think there are a lot of people in this industry that have the ability, that have the position, they have the opportunity, they have the privilege to call the shots and could do it too.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible."

I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "More people have seen 13th on Netflix than have seen all my films put together between the Sundance winners and Selma, and the whole international distribution of film."

More people have seen 13th on Netflix than have seen all my films put together between the Sundance winners and Selma, and the whole international distribution of film.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I think I am a little jealous of women who have great girlfriends as adults."

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



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct."

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through."

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



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "Film school was a privilege I could not afford."

Film school was a privilege I could not afford.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I tell the stories that are of interest to me."

I tell the stories that are of interest to me.



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed."

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



Ava DuVernay Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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 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 Quotes: "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?"

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?