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I remember, as a kid, wearing the Batman costume for Halloween and feeling empowered by that as a kid.

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No matter how happy and peaceful you can be at a certain time, you always have this - at least, I do - paranoia or catastrophic thought that even now that I have all this peace and quiet, what's the next challenge? What's coming next? On a very human level, I think most people can identify with that.

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I was determined to make a movie - about families and a love story - that black women would be proud to see and which would depict them as being smart, loving, sensitive, sexy, and funny.

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In popular culture, there is this notion that African-American men and women can't get together, and we're having these issues. I think it's an American problem because I know a lot of white women and men who are having just as many issues trying to find 'that person' as anyone.

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Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce, Thunder, and Lightning deserve their own show because they are not 'the other.' They are legitimate superheroes in their own right, and so they deserve the full breadth of exploration. That's what makes them worthy, and that's why they deserve it. They are not 'the other.' They are 'the the.'

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When you're young, taking a risk doesn't necessarily feel like a risk because you're young.

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Michael Schultz's 'Cooley High' is a classic. Oftentimes, we don't get to see films about coming of age, especially for young African Americans.

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Nina Simone, to me, singing about black culture - she's unparalleled.

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In this larger conversation about diversity, we want to really show that we're all the same. We are all experiencing the same stories.

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Oftentimes in a marriage, you really don't have to say anything. You can sort of have a conversation without words.

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