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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for then but a message for now.
Nate Parker
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Nate Parker
Age: 44
Born: 1979
Born: November 18
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If a director, I believe, has vision and knows so clearly what they want, then you can have a film that can perform. Whereas you can have done 50 movies, but if you're unsure this time, your movie may not turn out.
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I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that no meant no, but that's it.
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I never examined my role in male culture, in hyper masculinity. I never examined it, nobody ever called me on it.
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The good thing about a film, or at least the films I've been a part of, is, no matter what happens in the end, you do the premiere and everyone's excited. You don't remember the rough times.
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I was working in computers when this stranger approached me out of the blue, saying I should become an actor. I took it as a gift from God, because I had been praying for clarity about what He wanted me to do, since I wasn't happy in computers.
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Far too often scripts are being written with race in mind, but the subject matter doesn't lend itself to any conversation on race. I applaud Jesse [Zwick] for having the courage to say, this [About Alex] just a story about friends, and they could be anyone. There's no specific color that forces a relationship to be discussed in any other manner.
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Being a woman in 2016 if very different, imagine being a woman 20 years ago, and when we talk about consent, maybe 20 years from now we'll know things about consent and examine it from a different perspective than we are now.
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You can be addicted to White Supremacy and all of the benefits, you can be addicted to male privilege and all of the benefits that comes from it. It's like someone pointing at you and you have a stain on your shirt and you don't even know it.
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Some people think racism is if you say the n-word, so homophobia is if you call someone...
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When you're 19, getting a girl to say yes, or being a dog, or being a player, cheating. Consent is all about - for me, back then - if you can get a girl to say yes, you win.
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I think it takes a lot of courage to be able to direct a film. If you have that courage and that vision together, and you pick the cast that you believe will achieve your vision, you win.
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When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.
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I think Jesse [Zwick] is part of a new generation of director, because we'd be kidding ourselves if we did not acknowledge that there is this unsaid rule that the hero looks a certain way.
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And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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My mother always tells me, Fear isn't from God, and I believe that. But sometimes, I wonder whether I'll be able step into the shoes that God has prepared for me.
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I'm not perfect, I'm a flawed man, but I'm willing to try to get better, I'm willing to listen.
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If I can use my platform to affect change in gender, as I can in race, then I think I can have an impact.
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Self-esteem and identity are very fragile things. I think a lot of times, those are the motivations for why people do take their own lives - not being seen, not being recognized, not being loved, not feeling supported, not feeling understood.
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