I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too.

Quote by Spike Lee

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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...

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...

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

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...

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...

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 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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...