Spike Lee Quotes

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• I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the…
• I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me,…
• '25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in the city that…
• 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 those…
• Amongst black people, you have always heard it said that once a black man reaches a certain level, especially if you are an entertainer, you…
• Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since…
• Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the…
• I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my sophomore and junior…
• I don't get tripped up in technology. I use technology as a tool. 'Oldboy' we shot Two Pro 35mm. For 'Da Blood of Jesus,' we…
• I think the best actors in the world are here in New York City. And this city is just so vibrant the energy is just…
• I used the principles of Kickstarter to make 'She's Gotta Have It.' We filmed that in 1985 to 1986. The final cost was $175,000. I…
• I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture…
• I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good thing…
• My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917.…
• 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 working…
• Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven't done and…
• The truth is I've been doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter; there was no Internet. Social Media was writing letters, making phone calls, beating the…
• When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all…
• I think that every minority in the United States of America knows everything about the dominant culture. From the time you can think, you are…
• I think it is very important that films make people remember what they have forgotten.

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