My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

Quote by Spike Lee

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Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director...

Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director...

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

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

We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at...

We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at...

There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who...

There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who...

I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.

I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we...

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we...

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went...

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went...

I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to...

I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to...

I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I...

I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I...

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New...

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New...

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been...

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been...

Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of...

Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of...

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was...

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was...

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's...

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's...

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were...

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were...

If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out...

If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out...

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

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

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is...

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is...

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny...

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny...