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 think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
We've got to turn this backward thinking around where ignorance is championed over intelligence. Young black kids being ridiculed by their peers… — 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
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 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
I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten. — 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 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 don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. — 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 don't think racism can be eliminated in my lifetime ... or my children's or grandchildren's. But I think it's something we… — 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'm always open to new, innovative stuff and people trying to do stuff in a different way. I knew that the theatrical… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like… — 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 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 think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect. — 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
