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People Quotes by Spike Lee
- I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have…
- 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 I tell my…
- We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines…
- There’s always been this hocus-pocus or magical, mystical thing associated with the making of film that sort of psyches people out and makes them think…
- I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.
- As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.
- I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and…
- People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world.
- It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work...
- It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to…
- I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as…
- It is really important that young people find something that they want to do and pursue it with passion. I'm very passionate about filmmaking. It's…
- Racism is when you have laws set up, systematically put in a way to keep people from advancing, to stop the advancement of a people.…
- I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.
- I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to get people with the same interests that you have, and…
- You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- I think it is very important that films make people remember what they have forgotten.
- I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of criticisms are coming from because black people have been so…
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