Quote

I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.

Russell Simmons

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
Business Person
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Record Producer
Television Producer
Writer
Queens
New York
Russell Wendell Simmons
Kids
University
Cooper
Many
Projects
Oliver
Like
Fun
Legally
Education
Pilot
Called
Blonde
White
Pilots
Girl
Follows
Black
Project
Starring

More quotes by Russell Simmons

Image
I don't use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it's never because I use my brain.
Russell Simmons
Image
Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another.
Russell Simmons
Image
I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive.
Russell Simmons
Image
The less you need, the more you attract.
Russell Simmons
Image
Many of my biggest business endeavors were failures before they became a success. Some failed for as long as six years before they hit. Everyone around me thought I was crazy. You just have to stay at it.
Russell Simmons
Image
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself.
Russell Simmons
Image
You know, sometimes people never get to learn how successful they could have been because they give up too easily. If I've learned one thing in all my years in the business, it's that often things don't work out the way you want at first. But that doesn't mean you should give up.
Russell Simmons
Image
Service is the key to everything in life.
Russell Simmons
Image
A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the world.
Russell Simmons
Image
[T]here's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
Russell Simmons
Image
86% of its audience was made up of people of color. That tells you that the full potential of many black stars won't be realized until their audiences are fully integrated.
Russell Simmons
Image
I don't miss a day of yoga. I don't miss my meditation... They're way more important.
Russell Simmons
Image
There is no religious or any kind of a gender that should separate you from any religious ideas.
Russell Simmons
Image
Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
Russell Simmons
Image
It's always marketeers building their own careers.
Russell Simmons
Image
I have 2 million Twitter followers. Some of those people are also yogis and activists and people who really go out and make a difference. I do as much as I can with my voice. It's effortless in some cases. I try to remind everybody that they have that kind of voice.
Russell Simmons
Image
The politicians already in office don't want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start working for the people, but even some of the most progressive politicians are silent because they know that the candidate with the most money wins.
Russell Simmons
Image
What holds most people back isn't the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves.
Russell Simmons
Image
There's something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.
Russell Simmons
Image
Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it's the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
Russell Simmons