Tag Archives: Justin Simien

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. Justin Simien

Self-doubt is a constant companion for a chubby, gay, black boy born in the South. Justin Simien

Stories teach us empathy. They reveal to us ourselves in the skins of others. Justin Simien

I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I'm storyteller, I'm a son, I'm a friend, so I am all those things, so it is frustrating, to a degree, to be limited by other people's perceptions of me, but at the same time, it is true that I am a black guy, […]

There are a plethora of ways of being black, just like there's many ways to being white. Justin Simien

I definitely have fun commenting on the real world and interpreting through the 'Dear White People' lens. Justin Simien

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

I want to make movies in every genre. Justin Simien

That is just the reality of being a marginalized person in this country: you have to deal with the psychological impact of your oppressor – whether that's being a woman dealing with men or gay people dealing with straight people or trans people dealing with everybody else. Justin Simien

There is an obsession with black tragedy. If you see a black movie, it's typically historical, and it tends to deal with our pain. And listen, there have been some excellent films made in that vein, and there are some painful parts of black history that should be explored, but it is kind of weird […]