I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so! — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. — 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
You know that first of all your films have to make money no matter who you are. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
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 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
I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces. — 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 never understood the concept of showing everything in the trailer. Why go to a movie if there's no surprise? I can't… — 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
I think that every minority in the United States of America knows everything about the dominant culture. From the time you can… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
As a writer I want everybody to get a chance to voice their opinions. If each character thinks that they're telling the… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of hope in my work. I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
A spine to my films that's become more evident to me is that many are about the choices people make, and the… — 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
I don't really analyze my stuff when I write. I write about stuff that I'm interested in, that I'm feeling at that… — 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 think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten. — 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
I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 percent perfect, or you're labeled anti-Semitic. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
It is really important that young people find something that they want to do and pursue it with passion. I'm very passionate… — 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
Music is, for me, a great tool of a filmmaker, the same way cinematography, the acting, editing, post-production, the costumes are. You… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Do the Right Thing' was my first union film. I looked at the rosters, and for the most part, it was white… — 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
'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Surprises are good. I'm not of the thinking where you tell the audience everything. Sometimes I don't even want to see the… — 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 think the best actors in the world are here in New York City. And this city is just so vibrant the… — 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
I don't like to use the word 'remake', I think reinterpretation is a better word. It's just a matter of respecting the… — 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
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
![“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 the scene where we have the eulogy and sermon that is given by the great John Cusack.” quote by Spike Lee](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e03/spike-lee-3057_break_this-film-chi-raq-is-a-declaration-it-s_1760956.jpg)
