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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. "
Spike Lee
You
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" 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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" I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten. "
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" 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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" My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker. "
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" 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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" '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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" First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms. "
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" 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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" And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels. "
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" 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 Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. "
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" 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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" Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner. "
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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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" I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school. "
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" Fight the power that be. Fight the power. "
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" I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated. "
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" I'm riding my man Obama. I think he's a visionary. Actually, Barack told me the first date he took Michelle to was 'Do the Right Thing.' I said, Thank God I made it. Otherwise you would have taken her to 'Soul Man.' Michelle would have been like 'What's wrong with this brother?' "
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" It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody. "
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" 'She's Gotta Have It' and 'School Daze,' I really didn't know what I was doing. And the biggest indicator of that was the acting. 'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors. "
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" For me, I believe in God, God is real. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real. "
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" I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. "
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" 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. "
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" Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind. "
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