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" 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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" 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. "

" 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 bombarded with images from TV, film, magazines, newspapers. "

" Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that's all I'll say about that. "

" 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. "

" And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels. "

" 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. "

" 'Do the Right Thing' was my first union film. I looked at the rosters, and for the most part, it was white males. Especially the Teamsters. So we had some conversations. "

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" A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 a people, from music, novels, the streets. "

" 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. "

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

" I think that anyone who lives in New York, who's lived here, who's spent any time here, knows that it's basically a love-hate relationship, you might say. Even though I still think it's the greatest city in the world and I wouldn't live anywhere else, there're still things about it one doesn't like. The love far outweighs the negative. "

" 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. "

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

" People think I'm this angry black man walking around in a constant state of rage. "

" 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. "

" I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated. "

" 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. "

" My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker. "

" I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten. "

" It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody. "

" I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully. "

" All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love. "