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I didn't dream about being a ...

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 years at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

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I like to work with the same ...

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 the same aesthetic.

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Mike Tyson is the most comple...

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 know him growing up, but once he became heavyweight champion, I knew him then.

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I am very fortunate I can sen...

I am very fortunate I can send my kids to private school, but everybody does not have the money. If you cannot get your kid in a good school today, your kids are going to be behind the eight ball.

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Any film I do is not going to...

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 the days of D.W. Griffith.

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I am a hybrid. I do independe...

I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.

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I always give the example, if...

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 beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.

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I've been blessed with the op...

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 to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.

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I respect the audience's inte...

I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.

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First of all, what in this wo...

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms.

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I get offered to do stuff whe...

I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too.

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Don't think that because you ...

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.

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A spine to my films that's be...

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 choices. You go this way, or that way, and either way, there's going to be consequences.

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'25th Hour,' like a lot of my...

'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 I live. I mean, it's great going home at night instead of being on location.

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I decided to be a filmmaker b...

I decided to be a filmmaker between my sophomore and junior years at Morehouse. Before I left for the summer of 1977, my advisor told me I really had to declare a major when I came back, because I'd used all my electives in my first two years. I went back to New York and I couldn't find a job. There were none to be had. And that previous Christmas someone gave me a Super-8 camera, so I just started to shoot stuff.

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The truth is I've been doing ...

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 bushes.

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People sometimes forget all t...

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 since 1986. From the beginning, I was determined to not just be a flash in the pan. I've got to keep up with Woody Allen. He's lapping me.

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I think the best actors in th...

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 phenomenal. Great crews here. All the technicians, all the artists that work in this industry. I've just been very happy with the body that we've been able to do, especially those films we shot here in New York City.

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I don't like acting; not in f...

I don't like acting; not in front of the camera.

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I'd like to state that Spike ...

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 is for everybody.

Spike Lee 144 quotes

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