Los Angeles: 'Selma' director Ava DuVernay's advice on how to get ahead in Hollywood is to follow the 'white guys'.

The 42-year-old director, who was at the 2015 BlogHer conference, held at the Hilton in New York City, asked the audience to take away "the bad stuff" and use only interesting stuff from the industry where she finds herself a minority, said The Hollywood Reporter.