112 Quotes by Antoine Fuqua

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism.

I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see.

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.

It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later.

I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that are more politically driven, films that maybe inspire.

I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.

I take them seriously but I try not to read them. I take them personally, that's why I don't read them. I think people are lying when they say they don't care, that's not true. I take them personally.

It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark and real, you want to show all this stuff but unfortunately you can't always do that.