Antoine Fuqua

“The best part of the job is the creativity. The worst part is the politics.”

“I like to tell stories that have a message. I don't like to preach, but I like to have a point of view.”

“Violence is a disease. You don't cure a disease by spreading it.”

“I think the best way to be an activist is to be a great storyteller and create a platform for people to speak and to be seen.”

“What I learned from the military is that's a camaraderie you can't find anywhere else.”

“Sometimes you have to be a little bit crazy to do great things.”

“The gray area is where the truth lies. There's no right or wrong. It's all about your perspective.”

“I'm not a politician; I'm a filmmaker. I'm not a historian; I'm a filmmaker. I'm a storyteller.”

“Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing.”

“My job is to create a world. That's what I do. And if you're a good director, you create a world that people can believe in.”

“If you don't have a plan, you become part of somebody else's plan.”

“Music is my first love. It's the first thing that I heard that moved me.”

“When you have a great actor, you can just watch them sit there and do nothing.”

“I grew up in a tough neighborhood. I saw things I shouldn't have seen.”