"I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so!"
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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 Morris College in Atlanta, Georgia."
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"I am very fortunate I can send my kids to private school, but everybody does not have the money. If you cannot get your kid in a good school today, your kids are going to be behind the eight ball."
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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've got "Sometimers." Sometimes I remember and sometimes I forget."
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"Most human beings will not stand in front of a stage and tell you about the bad things they did."
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"I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces."
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"I think the best actors in the world are here in New York City. And this city is just so vibrant the energy is just phenomenal. Great crews here. All the technicians, all the artists that work in this industry. I've just been very happy with the body that we've been able to do, especially those films we shot here in New York City."
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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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"I've always tried to - when I've been able to - support young artists, no matter what medium."
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"Sex and racism have always been tied together. Look at the thousands of black men who got lynched and castrated. The reason the Klan came into being was to protect white southern women."
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"Racism in America absolutely exists - it is an issue. We need to fix it. We're a great country - probably the greatest country but we could be a hell of a lot greater."
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"I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable."
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"I decided to be a filmmaker between my sophomore and junior years at Morehouse. Before I left for the summer of 1977, my advisor told me I really had to declare a major when I came back, because I'd used all my electives in my first two years. I went back to New York and I couldn't find a job. There were none to be had. And that previous Christmas someone gave me a Super-8 camera, so I just started to shoot stuff."
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"Because many advances have happened, we've lost the urgency (and that's just human nature) that we had before, when we couldn't vote, couldn't use mass transportation, or drink from the fountains."
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"I'm trying to keep up with what's happening in this turbulent world."
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"I'm worried just as much about Donald Trump as that crazy guy in North Korea - and he has a nuclear code. I'm worrying about that."
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"You know that first of all your films have to make money no matter who you are."
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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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"One of the great things about African-Americans is that we've always had this attitude: We make do with what we got. It comes from our ancestors being slaves."
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