Spike Lee ,quotes

I knew I was never going to pl...

I knew I was never going to play professional sport, but I loved playing and I went to all the games I could afford to.

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I live in New York City, the s...

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.

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I tend to favour films that ha...

I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.

Spike Lee 03.03.2018 03:03:03 144 quotes

Making films has got to be one...

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

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My cousin Malcolm Lee is also ...

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

Spike Lee 03.03.2018 03:03:03 144 quotes

'She's Gotta Have It' was shot...

'She's Gotta Have It' was shot in twelve days and two six-day weeks.

Spike Lee 03.03.2018 03:03:03 144 quotes

There's an unwritten law that ...

There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 percent perfect, or you're labeled anti-Semitic.

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You have to do the research. I...

You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.

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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 think it would be very borin...

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, the most important thing is to be truthful.

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

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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Amongst black people, you have...

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 get a white trophy woman. I didn't make that up.

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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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Any time you talk about the lo...

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 costume designer and the production designer.

Spike Lee 03.03.2018 03:03:03 144 quotes

I didn't dream about being a d...

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 Morris College in Atlanta, Georgia.

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I don't get tripped up in tech...

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 shot digitally. We shot the new Sony F55. It's a 4K camera.

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I think the best actors in the...

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 used the principles of Kicks...

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 didn't have that money. It was friends, grants, donations. We saved our bottles for the nickel deposit.

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I'd like to state that Spike L...

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.

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