Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.

Quote by Spike Lee

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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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...