With 'Sweetback,' I just put it together a little bit at a time. I didn't do it on anybody's grant. I did… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I used to be the third person in the secret jets we had - they were secret at the time - a… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
You've got to really check on what you're doing: check and recheck it seven other times to be prepared. Sometimes, people get… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Making 'Sweetback' took an exorbitant amount of energy and time. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Many times, I get young people asking, 'What do you think about black movies?' And I say, 'What are you talking about?… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
When we talk about 'Sweetback,' yes, it stars the whole black movement, but it's also the first time an independent film made… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I went to a number of schools when I was a kid on the south side of Chicago. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I'm not a normal director. You can't look at me that way. What's kept me alive is my technical skill at doing other things. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Don't ask me something if you don't want to know. Because I will tell you. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I was a trader for a company. That's different from the brokers who we sort of disdain as sort of just errand boys. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
After 'Don't Play Us Cheap,' I got very busy with theater and Wall Street. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Whitey is uptight about offending blacks without really knowing what offends blacks. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I said to my kids, 'Learn the business of America if you want to be an artist in America. The rest of that stuff,… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
