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" I got a chance to act in a film, 'Derailed.' I was having a recurring nightmare, and after doing that film, the nightmares stopped. "

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" I'm addicted to music. "

" I'd love to make 10 to 12 films in my life. That's a lot of films, but it's doable. "

" I actually heard hip-hop before I saw a movie in a movie theater. I heard hip-hop first, at the tender age of seven, so that came first. I didn't see a movie until I was eight. "

" I always had this imagination about making colorful movies. I use to walk to school and daydream about it. "

" Being black in America - especially as I was growing up - the feeling of oppression, the feeling of being outcast, the feeling of not having a voice was part of my life. "

" That movie 'Hellraiser 2' - to me, that was the most evilest display of evil I've ever seen. I watched that movie ten times because I couldn't believe that each character became more evil than the other. "

" I stopped with the red meat, let go of turkey and chicken, and then I held onto fish. When we finished 'Wu-Tang Forever,' I felt like I evolved and completely dived into veganism. "

" A lot of people don't know this about Wu-Tang, it started from a focused mind. I was given total autonomy to do whatever I want with them... They agreed, to me, to be a dictator for five years. And in those five years, it's considered some of our best work. "

" I would not have one turntable if my brother didn't buy the turntable. I was the dreamer; he was the doer. "

" Twenty percent of my records, you'll find a loop, like two or three loops per album out of 13 or 15 songs. I'd rather keep it like that. "

" I didn't learn black history in school. I had to go find Malcolm X books. "

" I love W.C. Fields. I can watch all the Laurel & Hardys. "

" The 'Godfather I' and 'II,' those were real straight movies in my life. At the same time, so is 'Five Deadly Venoms,' if we go into kung-fu movies. "

" A wise man has to always listen to the peers he surrounds around himself. That's why you surround yourself with other smart people. Captain Kirk keep Mr. Spock right beside him. "

" The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our country. "

" I got a bad habit of creating. "

" Growing up in New York, there are a lot of tenement buildings and a lot of projects. You don't leave your projects too much. The laundry's there. The grocery store is there. Everything takes place right there. When I got knowledge of myself and thought about moving around the city, hip-hop was something that helped me. "

" I've been vegan for over 20 years, but I started as a vegetarian and grew into veganism in between. "

" Directing is such a high. It's the hardest job ever, but I really love doing it. "

" I'm focused on creating art and whichever outlet it can get out in. "

" My wife and I go to movies every Wednesday. "

" Because I have so many brothers and sisters, I think I'm able to have a certain patience. "

" An artist is made to entertain. That's their primary goal, to entertain you. But some artists record the moments of time. You wouldn't know what was happening in the '20s and '30s; you got to check the song or art. "

" I will say, for Wu-Tang, money wasn't the motivation, it was artistic domination. "

" I was definitely a big Run-DMC fan. "

" I wrote a big animation scene for 'Iron Fists,' but we couldn't afford all that. "

" The way you have to think in chess is good for everyday thinking, really, especially for brothers in the urban community who never take that second look, never take that second thought. "

" Parenting is something that I got early, because when you grow up without a father being there, and you see a single mother struggle to feed the kids, you do not want to put your own blood through that. "

" I love Paul Simon... his lyrics. "

" I've helped save so many families with my music and inspire so many people. "