“There's a lot of movies about self absorbed white men and I just figured it's about time to make a movie about self absorbed black men.” MenSelfBlackWhiteWhite ManSelf Absorbed Author:Neil Drumming
“You have to keep yourself busy, you have to like the subject matter. If you do it for other causes, other reasons, it doesn't hold you for a long time. There's no other way but struggling, forging ahead to do the film.” IfsWayLongMatterReasonFilmCausesStruggleSubjectsLong TimeBusySubject MatterForgingForging Ahead Author:Haile Gerima
“I'm sure the gasoline companies would love to keep their 100 percent monopoly on transportation fuel.” CompanyPercentFuelMonopolyTransportationGasoline Author:Chris Paine
“I think electric cars can help save Detroit. They reflect good decision-making, and there has been bad decision making in the auto industry for so long, in my view.” ThinkingLongHas BeensHelpingDecisionViewsCarIndustryDecision MakingElectricDetroitBad DecisionGood DecisionElectric CarAuto Industry Author:Chris Paine
“I like to take folks back to the turn of the century when people said 'gas cars can never replace horses because you can feed horses at your house, you get along with them, they're nice.'” PeopleSaidTurnsHouseNiceCenturyCarHorseFolksGas Author:Chris Paine
“Obviously the horse can still do things that the gas car can never do, and the gas car will always be able to do things the electric car can't do. But they have really different uses and advantages.” StillsDifferentUseAbleCarAdvantageHorseGasElectricElectric Car Author:Chris Paine
“What oil companies don't want you to know is that refineries use a huge amount of electricity in refining gasoline. And that's usually not even figured into reports about gas cars' overall energy use.” KnowsWantUseEnergyCompanyCarHugeAmountOilReportsGasElectricityGasolineRefiningOil CompaniesEnergy UseRefinery Author:Chris Paine
“In the case of all the carmakers, there's a certain amount of greenwash. Take Toyota: They were pushing the Prius while they were meanwhile marketing the hell out of the Sequoia and other models with terrible gas mileage.” CertainCasesHellAmountTerribleModelsMarketingGasPushingToyotaMileagePrius Author:Chris Paine
“I think China is set up to surpass the US on the even more critical industry of green power.” ThinkingIndustryGreenChinaCritical Author:Chris Paine
“There are not a ton of people buying cars - cars are expensive. So people usually go for the cheapest car they can get. And if the price of gasoline falls again, it makes the savings that you get with an electric car harder to realize.” PeopleIfsFallRealizingCarHarderSavingExpensiveBuyingElectricSavingsGasolineElectric CarBuying A Car Author:Chris Paine