"Every African-American I know has two faces. There's the face that we have for ourselves and the face we put on for white America for the places we have to get to."
"I embrace the criticism, because ultimately (it means) the masses have seen it [my movie]. I embrace it for my father's story, for my mother's story, for my auntie, for my grandmother, who all got their teeth knocked out so I could be [where I am]."
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