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

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

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

" And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels. "

" If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism. "

" I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school. "

" Fight the power that be. Fight the power. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are. "

" 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 live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. "

" I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both. "

" A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there. "

" People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world. "

" I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect. "

" 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. "

Do The Right Thing

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful. "

" Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner. "

" 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. "