I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.

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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

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...

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 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...

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...

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

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...

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 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.

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...