You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I decided to be a filmmaker between my sophomore and junior years at Morehouse. Before I left for the summer of 1977,… — 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
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
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 believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can’t just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times,… — 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
