Zitat des Tages von Mario Van Peebles:
When you make a film that is based in reality, reality will come up all around it.
I went from being 'Mario who?' to 'Mario baby!
No matter what color you are, if you mentor some little boy or girl, you make a huge difference in their lives because they then model behavior that leads to success versus modeling behavior that doesn't.
When young people see movies like 'Gandhi 'or 'JFK,' there is an element of romanticization of these powerful people, and young people often feel a huge distance between their own lives and the lives of these social-change heroes. But the Panthers were flawed-up people from the streets, so it's easier to identify with them.
If I or any other black can deliver at the box office, I'll get a lot of work. Too many young actors, regardless of their color, try to play an attitude on camera and fail to remember their job is to fit into an entertainment.
We think birth is a miracle and death is a tragedy, but really they're flip sides of the same coin - anything born is gonna die.
There is definitely places in America where, if you're born into that environment, your chances of getting out are really, really limited.