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In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change. ”
When you take on something like your footprint on the environment, you have to say, 'Where am I going to draw the circle around my level of responsibility and then where do I assume that others will take responsibility?' ”
Change is never easy. ”
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal. ”
Your career is not going to go the way you planned. It is impossible at the age of 23 to pick the right industry, the right company, and you can visualize what you're going to be doing in your 40s, 50s, and 60s, but chances are that it's going to be something quite different. So remain open to opportunities and change. ”
Leadership is a lot of hard work. I hoped, when I was younger, that I would just be a natural leader or that it was something that was innate, but it is really a learned skill. ”
You change the landscape in Hollywood with action, not words. ”
I feel like I have a responsibility to be true to who I am as an artist, first and foremost. ”
It doesn't make sense to constantly talk about the lack of diversity in Hollywood. We all know it's there. My wife and I just want to change that conversation with our work. ”
Often, African-Americans' work is accepted as if we did something artistic by happenstance. It's almost like, 'They make TV shows the same way they dance. It's just natural!' ”