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
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 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'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
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 a storyteller, and there's some genres I like. I don't think I'm ever going to do science fiction, but I want… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre. — 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'm not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it. — 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
