I look at Woody Allen's prolific career of 30 or 40 films, and I'm watching the clock. I'd love to work at a clip of a film a year. We don't get the benefit of the doubt, particularly black women. We're presumed incompetent, whereas a white male is assumed competent until proven otherwise. They just think the guy in the ball hat and the T-shirt over the thermal has got it, whether he's got it or not. For buzzy first films by a white male, the trajectory is a 90-degree angle. For us, it's a 30-degree angle.
I look at Woody Allen's prolific career of 30 or 40 films, and I'm watching the clock. I'd love to work at a clip of a film a year. We don't get the … - Dee Rees
I look at Woody Allen's prolific career of 30 or 40 films, and I'm watching the clock. I'd love to work at a clip of a film a year. We don't get the …
- Dee Rees
Ultimately, the people [who] are going to help you make your film are the people who believe in you and believe in the story. And as long as you stic… - Dee Rees
Ultimately, the people [who] are going to help you make your film are the people who believe in you and believe in the story. And as long as you stic…
Writing is really freeing because it's the only part of the process where it's just you and the characters and you are by yourself in a room and you … - Dee Rees
Writing is really freeing because it's the only part of the process where it's just you and the characters and you are by yourself in a room and you …
The only advice I can give those who want to sell thei films is to surround yourself with people who are friends and people who believe in you and yo… - Dee Rees
The only advice I can give those who want to sell thei films is to surround yourself with people who are friends and people who believe in you and yo…
I just want to tell stories that are meaningful and have inspiration to them; people can watch it and take away something or maybe they'll just think… - Dee Rees
I just want to tell stories that are meaningful and have inspiration to them; people can watch it and take away something or maybe they'll just think…
What I love in working on film is just working with actors. It's one thing to write scenes alone over a keyboard and to imagine the actions and react… - Dee Rees
What I love in working on film is just working with actors. It's one thing to write scenes alone over a keyboard and to imagine the actions and react…
I very much related to the idea of sexual identity and how it doesn't have to be black and white. When I first came out, there would be butch people … - Dee Rees
I very much related to the idea of sexual identity and how it doesn't have to be black and white. When I first came out, there would be butch people …
I love the freedom of writing and then I love the realization of directing. I can't favor one or the other. I enjoy both parts of the process. - Dee Rees
I love the freedom of writing and then I love the realization of directing. I can't favor one or the other. I enjoy both parts of the process.
Once your film is done, you can't explain to people what something was supposed to be. You can't give them footnotes. It all has to be there. - Dee Rees
Once your film is done, you can't explain to people what something was supposed to be. You can't give them footnotes. It all has to be there.
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