Rick Famuyiwa Quotes

It's important to tell the story you're telling in the right way, which might involve black people or people of whatever heritage or ethnicity - or it might not.

Diversity is strength. Our cinema and our art forms need to diversify so that it tells all stories, all perspectives.

It's interesting because diversity doesn't just happen by garnishing your omelet with a little bit of parsley. Diversity happens because the people that are telling the stories - the writers, directors, storytellers - want to tell their story.

We need to show that we know and understand and can reflect today's Britain. Today we don't.

I think we need to tell stories that reflect our world.

I think the crux of this urgent and real conversation about representation and diversity in art-making and storytelling both behind and in front of the camera ultimately has to do with simply seeing more human perspectives.

For me, I want to see diversity in storytelling sources because we live in a very diverse society, and the stories are for the whole society. That's really important. For me, as a female filmmaker, when I was out on the festival circuit on 2006, I felt like such a freaking anomaly - an oddity.

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.

Audiences want great story telling; it's why white people watch my show 'Black in America.' It's why black people watch 'Latina in America.' All of that is statistically shown and proven but it was because it was good story telling about people who were outsiders.

Diversity is essential to the success of the news industry, and journalists must include diverse voices in their coverage in order to reach a broader audience. We have stories to tell, but many in our audience have stopped listening because they can tell that we're not talking about them.

'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.

Just because we finally have a Latino family on TV doesn't mean we're up there to lecture people about what it means to be Latino.

I want to keep doing projects that speak for people within the community and tell different types of meaningful stories.

When you surround yourself with white people, you continue to hire white people, and when you make an effort to hire people of color, that does bring in different stories and different people.

It's important to the world to see superheroes that are spread across our demographic.

I would love to see more diversity on all sides, and not just in terms of women; we need people from different walks of life making films.

Diversity matters. You want your city departments to look like the city.

If I go to the museum and see white bodies, black bodies, Asian bodies, Latino bodies, then I will expect to see those things every time I go. That matters a lot.

When I choose a role, what I'm looking for is the ability is to tell our stories. Me being a black woman, that's just a given. It's going to be a part of any role I do, making sure I tell it truthfully and nuanced and in a way that many people can relate to.

You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.

The U.S. is a rainbow of people with an endless scope of stories. My hope is that writing stories about people of color will become instinctual rather than something to be pushed for.

Telling diverse stories is at the heart of our culture.

I think diversity has to happen on a storytelling level, not just on a casting level.

We do not believe that minorities can only be represented by minorities..

The challenge facing America in the next century will be the shaping, at long last, of a truly common public culture, one responsive to the long silenced cultures of color.