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" I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry. "

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" Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each other's presence. "

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" 'The Big Chill' had a bunch of really talented actors, a great soundtrack, and the college connections that the characters shared. It's one of those movies I glean something different from every time I watch it. "

" I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream. They're very universal stories I've told - every movie I've done. "

" If you look at 'The Best Man,' there's a lot of humor in that, but I never consider that movie a comedy. I felt that it was a drama with comedic elements and comedic parts to it. "

" I did no research on 'The Best Man.' That was something that came out from my own head. "

" I'm driven more by my heart more than anything else, and my head, and sometimes those things are counterintuitive. "