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Power is knowing your past.
Cause mo better makes it mo better.
For me, I believe in God, God is real.
I really don't deal with hypotheticals.
Fight the power that be. Fight the power.
My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.
I like people to look like they're floating.
And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels.
When you love something it's not a job anymore.
Stick around long enough, you'll get some grace.
I don't like acting; not in front of the camera.
I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.
As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.
Those that'll tell don't know, and those that know won't tell.
I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.
I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school.
I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor.
'Red Hook Summer' is another chapter in my chronicles of Brooklyn.
I've got "Sometimers." Sometimes I remember and sometimes I forget.
Everybody does what they want to do for their own specific reasons.
I'm trying to keep up with what's happening in this turbulent world.
'She's Gotta Have It' was shot in twelve days and two six-day weeks.
It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.
A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.
I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.
It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.
If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure.
If you have a talented family, you should be shot if you don't use them.
I've never seen black men with fine white women. They be ugly. Mugly dogs.
Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that's all I'll say about that.
Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.
I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so!
I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.
You know that first of all your films have to make money no matter who you are.
I think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work.
People think I'm this angry black man walking around in a constant state of rage.
I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.
I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.
What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.
I'm surprised that Hollywood and networks have not been diverse as other industries.
I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.
A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.
I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.
Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.
I've always tried to - when I've been able to - support young artists, no matter what medium.
Most human beings will not stand in front of a stage and tell you about the bad things they did.
'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.
I give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street.
I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.
You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.