In all actuality, we got to do better about preparing our men for their interactions with women.
Nate ParkerThe crazy thing is a lot of people - a lot of men, if I'm just speaking for myself - don't really start thinking about the effect of hyper-masculinity and false definitions of what it means to be a man until you get married or until you have kids. Because then all of sudden you have something to protect.
Nate ParkerFar too often scripts are being written with race in mind, but the subject matter doesn't lend itself to any conversation on race. I applaud Jesse [Zwick] for having the courage to say, this [About Alex] just a story about friends, and they could be anyone. There's no specific color that forces a relationship to be discussed in any other manner.
Nate ParkerI'm 36-years-old and I'm learning about definitions that I should have known when I started having sex.
Nate Parker