105 Quotes by Justin Simien

If you examine any aspect of the human condition long enough, you really do have to start laughing at it. Because the business of being human is kind of ridiculous.

The downside of doing a multi-protagonist movie is that you don't get to service each character as you would if they were the central protagonist of the movie.

I think I have a threshold for taking things too seriously.

Shonda Rhimes has figured it out, of getting multiracial casts on television and appealing to everybody.

One of the most powerful lessons I learned is when you make an argument in a film, you have to make sure both characters are right.

I never quite lived up to the image of the black man as I saw it growing up. I was never listening to the right music at the right time or wearing the right clothes at the right time. I was still listening to Michael Jackson, and everyone had sort of moved on to gangster rap. Alanis Morissette when everyone else was listening to En Vogue.

Usually, with 'Star Trek,' you always trust the captain. The captains are always going to pull us through; the captain's always going to win.

I want the Latino 'Do the Right Thing' to happen. I want filmmakers whose voices are not represented to get a shot.

It's not new to attempt to vilify the minority that speaks about their oppression. That's not a new thing.