Debbie Allen

You want fame? ... Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. With sweat.

You want fame? ... Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. With sweat.

Then you give your actors broad strokes based on what your idea is for what is going on in the read more

Then you give your actors broad strokes based on what your idea is for what is going on in the room and the circumstances surrounding it.

They had a clear idea about what I really wanted to see, based on our initial conversations, and they did read more

They had a clear idea about what I really wanted to see, based on our initial conversations, and they did a great job.

In today's competitive marketplace, you can't afford to be humble.

In today's competitive marketplace, you can't afford to be humble.

We could have done this movie very differently had we shot on the streets of Harlem and taken a 40-day read more

We could have done this movie very differently had we shot on the streets of Harlem and taken a 40-day shooting schedule.