Michael Rapaport Quotes

I think music docs could turn off some people.

I would do a documentary about Jay-Z. Yes, I would.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

I'm a big fan of documentaries. I've always loved them, and I've just never had the opportunity or the time to make a feature.

I'd really like to do a biopic of a musician.

Pop music for me was definitely escapist, but never studious.

Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a way. And I grew up in rap and movies the same way.

I want to venture into film more, and I think that a nice way to transition into doing that would be a documentary. I think it would be interesting to find one person that really fascinated me or maybe a band and travel with them, but I don't think I could do it like I used to do it.

I don't have a horror film in me just because I don't like to be scared. But I definitely have a documentary in me, and I certainly have dramas.

My partner, Danny Strong, came to me with this idea of telling a story about my life and merging that with music and the hip-hop world. He wrote 'The Butler' and originally wanted to do 'Empire' also as a movie.

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.

I like the mix of stuff I do. I love movies, but I also enjoy performing live and writing songs.

It's a great privilege to make a film, to have it shown, and for people to see it.

I enjoy doing TV than movies. I do enjoy watching music reality shows but never get approached to participate in reality shows. I also enjoy reading books and take time to finish them.

Hip Hop is an extension of our very being, and so the study of Hip Hop is the study of self-expression leading to the study of one's true self.

I love making documentaries. But I do like other factual entertainment as well, and I like doing the lighter stuff.

The Netflix thing with Nas is more of a documentary, where we kind of… talk. We go to my neighborhood. You get to see where I'm from and all that. And then, I'm in the studio with Nas.

There is very little room for humor and personality in hip-hop.

I spoke to my father about making a documentary on him. I have been seriously contemplating that.

I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film.

When I'm not singing, I'm a lot of persons: I'm a producer. I'm a badminton player. I'm a writer. I'm a movie freak. I'm a documentary maker.

I think Ye is important to hip-hop.

I write pretty often. I have a home studio. Music is what I do for fun. I never get tired of it, so to take a break from [TV and movies], I would go make some music.

I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.