John Singleton Quotes

'Baby Boy' is one of my favourite films, and Tyrese keeps telling everybody we're going to make a sequel. I mean, we have a story right now but we don't know where we're going to take it.
John Singleton

Mean, Story, Everybody

Because, if I'm honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they're making myths out of me. And I know that ain't the life.
John Singleton

Life, Black, Honest

Cinema was my rite of passage.
John Singleton

Cinema, Passage, Rite

Crunk music is the music of the South, it pervades every club and nightclub not only in America, but all over the world.
John Singleton

Music, America, South

I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool tangible subject again that I want to tackle.
John Singleton

Cool, Fun, Trying

I love comics. I like to do everything I used to do when I was 14-years-old.
John Singleton

Love, Everything, Used

I really took filmmaking very seriously... It was an honor and then a crutch also, because at a young age, I was like, I guess I'm a serious filmmaker. I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I just set out to make movies.
John Singleton

Age, Movies, Young

I try to keep focused on the things that really make me happy and just do those same things.
John Singleton

Happy, Try, Same

I wanted to dress cool, and get all the ladies.
John Singleton

Cool, Wanted, Ladies

I'm a competitive guy.
John Singleton

I've become more relaxed. When I was younger, I had more erratic, nervous tension when I was working.
John Singleton

Working, Become, Tension

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.
John Singleton

Awards, Academy, Nominated

I've got passion, and for people who don't, I make them see how trite their lives are.
John Singleton

Passion, Lives, Trite

It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work.
John Singleton

Love, Work, Teacher

Now, I'm so relaxed that I have to make myself nervous. I feel better when I'm second and third guessing myself over everything. I play with the mice in my head, all the time.
John Singleton

Time, Everything, Play

The freshest moments in my films have always been with unknown actors.
John Singleton

Moments, Films, Unknown

We have these rules, the 'hero rules.' Like, a hero doesn't slouch. A hero walks proudly with his head up. A hero walks with a purpose. A hero's always a gentleman.
John Singleton

Hero, Purpose, Gentleman

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Nationality: American

Born: January 6, 1968

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