I don't think my films are going to get rid of racism or prejudice. I think the best thing my films can… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so! — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I think it is very important that films make people remember what they have forgotten. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed,… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
There’s always been this hocus-pocus or magical, mystical thing associated with the making of film that sort of psyches people out and… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I'm an independent filmmaker with complete creative control of my films. I hire who I want. I have final cut. But at… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
If people go to IMDB, they will see that I'm very comfortable with independent cinema, and doing studio films too. For me… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I'm always open. I try not to have a closed mind. In fact the only reason why I'm able to continue to… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
You know that first of all your films have to make money no matter who you are. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I am trying to stay away from this position of me "returning to my roots." As if my roots are that I'm… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
'25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
'She's Gotta Have It' and 'School Daze,' I really didn't know what I was doing. And the biggest indicator of that was… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be doing motherfu**ing films for almost three decades if every time I did something that someone didn't like I went… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X' and 'Do the Right Thing.' But… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. We're both from Brooklyn. I didn't… — Spike Lee Copy Share
A spine to my films that's become more evident to me is that many are about the choices people make, and the reverberations of… — Spike Lee Copy Share
I am very fortunate I can send my kids to private school, but everybody does not have the money. If you cannot get your… — Spike Lee Copy Share
I consider Madonna a friend, and she sure knows how to work the publicity machine. Of course, I don't have breasts. If I did… — Spike Lee Copy Share
America doesn't have the moral right to tell other people what to do. To say the whole world has to fall into line is… — Spike Lee Copy Share
I'm worried just as much about Donald Trump as that crazy guy in North Korea - and he has a nuclear code. I'm worrying… — Spike Lee Copy Share
I think the best actors in the world are here in New York City. And this city is just so vibrant the energy is… — Spike Lee Copy Share
People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X' and 'Do the Right Thing.' But I've been… — Spike Lee Copy Share
Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema… — Spike Lee Copy Share
I think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work. — Spike Lee Copy Share
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