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“My advice to any filmmaker would be to figure out what it is that you bring to the table. What makes you different? What is your voice?”

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Megan Griffiths

Megan Griffiths, born on April 22, 1975, is a prominent figure in the field of [Unknown Profession/Category]. Her life experiences and achievements have had a significant impact in the industry. more

“I think that until a filmmaker knows that about him- or herself, the films they make will just be copies of other people's work. It's important for anyone who wants to make films for a living, but I think perhaps it has an even greater weight for female filmmakers since they represent a much smaller percentage of the population. Their voices are fewer so they must be even stronger.”

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Author:Megan Griffiths

“I sort of knew very early on that I wanted to be a writer. Even in high school, I was a big movie buff, very much into TV shows, and would critique them.”

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Author:Lena Waithe

“Your first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story.”

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Author:Lena Waithe

“Most writers stick to what they know. The black experience is our experience, so it's not that challenging for us. That's why sometimes you'll see writers that start off telling black stories, but later branch out into other material. People say they "sell out." No, they evolve as writers.”

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Author:Lena Waithe

“I do think it's important for black writers to show that we too can make it into the mainstream. Growing up, I didn't just watch The Cosby Show, I watched Growing Pains and Family Ties too. We can tell those stories too.”

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Author:Lena Waithe

“Today, you'll have a following for a film before it even hits theaters. We can reach out and touch our audience in ways that they couldn't. So it's about getting eyes, getting interest, and getting people involved.”

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Author:Lena Waithe

“I want to be buried with a mobile phone, just in case I'm not dead.”

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Author:Amanda Holden

“I love movies to death. I spent my entire youth in front of a TV watching old movies and as soon as I was able to get a subway pass when I was 14 I joined the Museum of Modern Art and was there all weekend watching old movies.”

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Author:Amy Heckerling

“Music is everything; without it, we [people] are nothing. We're just living vibrations of molecular tinglings, and without music we'd explode into nothing and go down a quantum hole.”

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Author:Ron Rothfield

“If you're on to something but you start repeating it, that's the end of your career.”

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Author:Ron Rothfield

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