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
I think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
If you have a talented family, you should be shot if you don't use them. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure. — 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 consider Madonna a friend, and she sure knows how to work the publicity machine. Of course, I don't have breasts. If… — 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
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
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
I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so! — 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
Racism is when you have laws set up, systematically put in a way to keep people from advancing, to stop the advancement… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I've never seen black men with fine white women. They be ugly. Mugly dogs. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
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 Image
If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
