Spike Lee ,quotes

I'm very careful about how I p...

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 for young kids.

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My grandmother lived to be 100...

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. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her children's education.

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People sometimes forget all th...

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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Right now a lot of people are ...

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 something I hope I'll never have to do.

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The truth is I've been doing K...

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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When I went to school, you had...

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 degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum.

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I ain't Martin Luther King. I ...

I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.

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I respect the audience's intel...

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

Spike Lee 03.03.2018 03:03:03 144 quotes

American slavery was not a Ser...

American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.

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What's the difference between ...

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.

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I've been blessed with the opp...

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 believe in destiny. But I al...

I believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can't just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times, an opportunity might fall into your lap, but you have to be ready for that opportunity. You can't sit there waiting on it. A lot of times you are going to have to get out there and make it happen.

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You gotta make your own way. Y...

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 students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.

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We've gone through the namesЂ'...

We've gone through the namesЂ'Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that's an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines what is black?

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Violence is a part of America....

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

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I think my work shows that I l...

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 dogged out in the media, they're just extra sensitive.

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There's a lot of Americans, bl...

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.

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We grew up in a very creative ...

We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts.

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He revolutionized music videos...

He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.

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I consider Madonna a friend, a...

I consider Madonna a friend, and she sure knows how to work the publicity machine. Of course, I don't have breasts. If I did have, I'd be in the number one spot over Madonna.

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