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" I very much want to write about some elements of my own growing up. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Want
Growing Up
My Own
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" If everyone knows the role they play, and they do their job - executing it well and with enthusiasm - it comes together successfully every time. "
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" When we started on 'Power,' I was committed to respecting the differences among Spanish dialects: Dominican, Nuyorican, Mexican, etc. I wanted the language our characters spoke to be as specific as possible, to reflect New York as it is. "
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" Every writer should be able to write anything if you do the research and you're sensitive enough to ask the questions. "
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" There are some aspects of the story of 'Power' that clearly are about race in the sense that any one of us now who's black and was raised in this country was raised with a lie, which is, 'You can never be president.' That's not true. "
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" I really try to plot in a fearless fashion. I try not to care about not knowing the answer before I get there; I just jump in first and see what happens. "
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" I love Pusha T and The Clipse. "
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" I think television is about the characters you want to see again, and so you want to invite these people into your home. And certainly, seeing them get into bad situations and then watching them have to get themselves out, that's always super satisfying. "
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" There's always going to be a part of me that wants an Emmy. Truthfully, I'm probably more motivated by people being entertained. I'm more motivated by people being like, 'Oh snap! Did you see that?' "
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People
More
Me
" My dad was very, very invested in image. He felt that as a black person, the thing you could control was how did you look, how did you dress, how did you sound, how did you smell, how did you act. All of that stuff that you could control would absolutely have a strong impact on your access. "
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Black
Control
" Knowing what I don't know helps me every day. "
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Knowing
Know
Every Day
" I think women judge other women more harshly, always, which is a shame. "
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Judge
Shame
More
" The impetus for 'Power' was me writing about my dad, who was an advertising executive and very interested in image. He thought that perception was reality and what people thought of you was what was real about you. "
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Reality
People
Writing
" As a writer of fiction, you don't ever want to limit the characters you create to the life you've lived. That's insanity to me. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Life
Limit
Me
" When it comes to power as it functions between humans, it all comes down to desire. If you know what someone wants, you can control them. It is as simple as that. And the reverse is also true: If you have control over your own desires, no one will ever own you. As humans, we are plagued with desire - it consumes us, it fuels us, it destroys us. "
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True
You
" When I first arrived in Los Angeles from New York in 2004 to try to break into television, I couldn't believe how segregated it was - how many neighborhoods were nearly all-white or all-black or -Asian or -Latino. "
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Try
New York
New
" Humans are powerless, and even in our exercise of free will, either the Universe is gonna get down with your plan, or it isn't. "
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Exercise
Down
Free
" Wherever I go, stuff accumulates. "
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Go
Wherever
Stuff
" I really do love male characters, in some ways, for the fact that they get surprised when they're vulnerable. Women are more surprised by their strength. "
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Strength
Love
Some
" People are realizing that there is a financial consequence to not opening doors. It doesn't mean that they are any more inclusive in their hearts - it means they're more inclusive in their wallets. "
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People
Doors
Opening
" The story always leads you where it's supposed to go. "
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You
Where
" When you pretend to be an authority on everything, it forces your subordinates to defer to your opinion - which may not be the most informed in the room. If you have humility concerning the gaps in your experience or ability, it allows others to shine. "
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Experience
Opinion
Humility
" In 2011, when my father passed away - I had my daughter first; I had her on January 24, and I had a seizure during the delivery. I lived through that, and five weeks later, my father died suddenly of a heart attack, and I lived through that. And then my daughter had surgery, and I lived through that. "
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Father
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Attack
" The Shawshank Redemption' isn't a movie about a black guy and a white guy who become friends - it's a movie about freedom. At the end, the cathartic experience of seeing our own emotions reflected back to us, that's the purpose of storytelling. "
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End
Experience
Freedom
" I first became a showrunner at 36 years old. I had no experience doing this job, which is as complicated and multi-faceted as anything I'd ever tried. "
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Complicated
Experience
Job
" If you wanna be your own boss, you gotta work your way up - have the skills. "
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Work
Boss
Way
" 50 Cent and I really started to bond over our love for music. The first conversations we had were about Curtis Mayfield. "
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Music
Over
Started
" I love 'Archer.' That's one of the best-written shows out there. "
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" Comedians are on the road so much that when they're just getting to act and sit in one place, they're really grateful and just ready. "
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" I'd say it's far more challenging to be female and be a showrunner. People are not surprised to see a black person running this show, but the female aspect is the thing that I get asked about. "
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