I ask everyone – white Hollywood and black Hollywood – to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That’s where they’re going to learn from each other, and that’s where they’re going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.
RUSSELL SIMMONSGood givers are great getters.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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I’m always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts.
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You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
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I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn’t a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
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The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.
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In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
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My wife Kimora once told me while we were watching “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” that it’s a vegetarian movie because the way that the woman was screaming, “Aaaahhh,” and trying to run away is how every animal you eat reacted at the slaughterhouse.
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I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.
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I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
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The always-connected culture isn’t as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn’t need a new toy.
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No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
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The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.
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You’ll see a lot of funny stuff, you’ll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you’ll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
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The stuff I do, I do every day, and I’ve been doing it for long periods of time. I don’t start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.
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You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you… happiness is your natural state.
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