“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.” IfsThinkingWayLooksCertainGenerationsHeroDirectorsAcknowledgeNew GenerationUnsaid Author:Nate Parker
“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.” IfsKnowsWantBelieveMayDoneFilmTurnsI BelieveVisionDirectorsUnsure Author:Nate Parker
“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.” IfsThinkingBelieveAbleTogetherFilmWinningVisionAchievePicksDirectCasts Author:Nate Parker
“I want young people to ask me if I'm serious. Our young people have been lied to and misled for so long. When I stand on this soapbox, I want young people to ask me that because once they know I'm serious, they'll be willing to ride with me.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLongHas BeensYoungAsksWillingSeriousAsk MeI Want YouLiedMisledSoapbox Author:Nate Parker
“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.” IfsGirlWinningPlayerDogCheatingConsentGet A Girl Author:Nate Parker
“At 19, if a woman said no, no meant no. If she didn't say anything and she was open, and she was down, it was like how far can I go? If I touch her breast and she's down for me to touch her breast, cool. If I touch her lower, and she's down and she's not stopping me, cool. I'm going to kiss her or whatever. It was simply if a woman said no or pushed you away that was non-consent.” IfsSaidKissingDown AndBreastsConsentSay AnythingStopping Author:Nate Parker
“If I don't know how to swim and two weeks later I know how to swim, I know how to swim.” IfsKnowsTwoKnow HowWeekSwimTwo Weeks Author:Nate Parker
“If a person was accused of being a racist when he was young - he said some racially insensitive thing or someone had him on tape calling someone the n-word or whatever - and then you fast forward and he feels, Oh, back then I didn't say this or that. He's not thinking about the person that he hurt when he said what he said, or however it came out, or the effects that it could have had. He's not thinking about it. He's thinking about his own self and how he feels.” IfsThinkingFeelsPersonsSaidSelfYoungHurtEffectsCallingRacistTapeAccusedInsensitiveCalling Someone Author:Nate Parker
“Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe and the culture supports them, sometimes they never have to think about it at all.” IfsThinkingTryingSometimesCultureWhiteSupportAirPrivilegeBreatheConvinceRacistWhite Privilege Author:Nate Parker
“The crazy thing is a lot of people - a lot of men, if I'm just speaking for myself - don't really start thinking about the effect of hyper-masculinity and false definitions of what it means to be a man until you get married or until you have kids. Because then all of sudden you have something to protect.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenMeanKidsCrazyEffectsProtectMarriedDefinitionsMasculinityBe A ManHyperCrazy Things Author:Nate Parker
“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.” IfsKnowsYearsDifferentImaginePerspectiveYears AgoConsentBeing A WomanDifferent Perspective Author:Nate Parker
“If I can use my platform to affect change in gender, as I can in race, then I think I can have an impact.” IfsThinkingI CanUseRaceImpactGenderPlatforms Author:Nate Parker
“Some people think racism is if you say the n-word, so homophobia is if you call someone...” PeopleIfsThinkingRacismHomophobia Author:Nate Parker
“Every day I'm reassessing what I've been taught against what I see, and the man I need to be if I'm going to call myself a leader of anybody.” IfsMenNeedsLeaderTaughtHe Man Author:Nate Parker
