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

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" When you prepare for something, it's like jumping into cold water, but you're prepared. You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don't swim, you drown. "

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" The influence of the Shaw Brothers films on my work has been profound. In addition to the richness of Asian culture, we at Wu-Tang were fascinated with the struggles between the oppressed Chinese villagers and the repressive Manchu authority and how it mirrored our own experiences growing up as black kids in America's inner cities. "

" One of my illest villains was the Butcher from 'Gangs of New York,' Daniel Day-Lewis. "

" The director can be a dictator, but it's not wise to be. You have to choose the days to be a dictator and the days to deal with diplomacy and democracy. Every great leader should know that, even a dictator. Tyrants get overthrown. "

" A servant sometimes need to be served. "

" I have a special style of frying tofu that even the most carnivorous meat-and-potatoes eaters enjoy. "

" 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. "

" Method Man is a rough, rugged street dude, but all the girls love him. "

" You come to my studio, it says 'No photography on premises.' I picked that up from Kanye. We don't need all that. In the old days in the Wu, we didn't allow anybody in the studio, not even women. We didn't start allowing women until five years after our debut. ODB used to get mad. "

" I have to make beats every day. Wherever I go, I got a keyboard waiting for me. "

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

" The black community has for a long time been a part of the Hollywood community, and of course we would love to have a more proportionate ratio of films that tell our stories. "

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

" It brings me joy to hear that people are laughing at my scene in 'Due Date.' "

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

" My mom gave me the children stories of the Bible. I memorized that book at the age of nine. "

" I was writing lyrics since I was nine years old, so by age 15, I was feeling pretty confident about my talent. "

" In the past, when Jay-Z did 'Best of Both Worlds' with R. Kelly, I thought it was a great album, but the campaign went south because of personalities. "

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "