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

Quote by Spike Lee

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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.

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...

A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.

A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.

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...

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...

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to...

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to...

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...

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

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.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

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...

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...

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'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just...

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just...

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...

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was...

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was...

I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of...

I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of...

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

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

Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that's all I'll say about that.

Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that's all I'll say about that.