A Quote by Roger Ross Williams
Often, films about people with disabilities are from the outside looking in.
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I just want to give my fans a place to go where they can be free and nobody will judge them, because life is more interesting when you're looking at it from the outside. I don't think you need to be on the outside looking in; I think you should enjoy the outside.
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