"We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts."
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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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"Surprises are good. I'm not of the thinking where you tell the audience everything. Sometimes I don't even want to see the trailers. You see the trailer, you've seen the movie."
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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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"I never understood the concept of showing everything in the trailer. Why go to a movie if there's no surprise? I can't do it like that."
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"I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character."
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"We're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a broader level."
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"For me, I believe in God, God is real."
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"I've never seen black men with fine white women. They be ugly. Mugly dogs."
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"I'm always open. I try not to have a closed mind. In fact the only reason why I'm able to continue to make films since 1986 is I have been adaptable. If I weren't flexible I sure wouldn't be making films this many years as I've been doing it. I've been making a film a year almost since 1986 and that's hard. That ain't easy."
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"Everybody does what they want to do for their own specific reasons."
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"Stick around long enough, you'll get some grace."
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"My people, my people, what can I say; say what I can. I saw it but didn't believe it; I didn't believe what I saw. Are we gonna live together? Together are we gonna live?"
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"I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor."
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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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"And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels."
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"There’s always been this hocus-pocus or magical, mystical thing associated with the making of film that sort of psyches people out and makes them think that this cannot be done; that this is a craft that cannot be learned."
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"As we move toward the millennium, the year 2000, the most powerful nations are not those that have nuclear bombs, but those that control the media. That's where the battle is being fought; that is how you control people's minds."
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"I'm always open to new, innovative stuff and people trying to do stuff in a different way. I knew that the theatrical release would be like getting on the launch pad for Amazon Prime but I was okay with that because I think what Jeff Bezos and Ted Hope are doing is innovative."
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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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