if you happen to aren’t acquainted with John Singleton study a bit of about him in his personal phrases;
on Oprah in 1991 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TbutyQ9qdM
on the set of Poetic Justice in 1995 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFQx1aslPL8
speaking about cinema in 2012 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HYUtkrq1Xg
on the Breakfast Membership in 2017 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z812ElHCas