Ryan Coogler quotes

Ryan Coogler is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his impactful storytelling and collaborations with Michael B. Jordan. His notable works include "Fruitvale Station," "Creed," and the Marvel blockbuster "Black Panther." He has received critical acclaim for bringing diverse voices and powerful narratives to mainstream cinema. Here are 12 of his quotes:

There are so many people that don't come in contact with black men. Whether they live in a homogeneous area that's mostly white or whether they live in places where they don't have to come in contact with them. So what kind of contact do they have with African-American males? They have the media, and that's it.

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For me, with me, making a film is always about humanity.

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To recognize yourself in a character onscreen, and to connect with them, you gotta recognize their flaws; they gotta feel like a real person.

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I think a lot of the source of how people are treated depends on the fact if someone recognizes them as a human being or not, you know what I mean?

Ryan Coogler

You never hear about a pit bull doing anything good in the media. And they have a stigma to them... and, in many ways, pit bulls are like young African-American males. Whenever you see us in the news, it's for getting shot and killed or shooting and killing somebody - for being a stereotype.

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As a filmmaker, like any artist, when something affects me emotionally I think about it in those terms. It's my way of dealing with my thoughts, my fears and my hardships. I think the same can be said with any artist. For a musician, you're going to write a song about something that affects you emotionally.

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I think that when you're making a story... that's based on somebody, the filmmaker has his duty to do his research.

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If I hear about a tsunami that hit Asia, hundreds of people have lost their lives, and you see it and you hear about it, but you still brush your teeth, still have to go on with your day. But let you get information about one person who you're close to or you're intimate with, it has an almost paralyzing effect.

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Homicide through gun violence is the leading cause of death among young African American males in the United States. If people look a certain way, they have a higher tendency of dying, of having their lives taken away.

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My school was pretty much all African Americans, but it was still a little tough to be in because I didn't have a lot of money. And when I came back to my neighborhood, it was tough to fit in there, too, because I was wearing Catholic school clothes, and I had two parents, which was rare.

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