Tim Reid Quotes & Sayings

The business is so upside down now. It's not just about the bling-bling. — Tim Reid

What helped me get the part was that I turned it down. When I read the script, Venus was just a black guy who came in wearing a big coat and a hat and making jive talk. I'd been up for so many of those! I'd had enough of caricatures, what white writers conceive blacks to be. I told the producer I wasn't interested in doing anything like that for three or four years. He said that it was just a pilot, that Venus would be given a human dimension and would be quiet off-the-air. I wanted that input. I thought that side was as important as the comic side. For 'WKRP,' too much of either would be bad. — Tim Reid

One problem when you get energy and want to go with it is that with so large a cast of talented people, you have to wait three or four shows for some 'meat.' — Tim Reid

The name of the game is efficiency; we have to play that game with our toys and our brains. — Tim Reid

Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills. — Tim Reid

Young kids are taking Viagra, ecstasy. They even want instant sex. — Tim Reid

Life is not without a little adventure,
Adventure is not without a little danger,
Success is not without a little failure — Tim Reid

Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead. — Tim Reid

Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for? You need historical perspective to make sound decisions. — Tim Reid

How did we suddenly become entranced with gangster culture? I saw it this morning on campus. When did the black community say we should all look like criminals? — Tim Reid

A film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something. — Tim Reid

Ninety percent of the time, you're going to hear no. It took me seven years to make 'Once Upon a Time ... When We Were Colored.' Nobody wanted to see the movie made. I got the movie made. — Tim Reid

When the media defines something, you have to question: Is it the definition that you want applied to your culture? I'm trying to determine who's leaving the legacy, and if the legacy that is being left is a positive one. — Tim Reid