I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.

Quote by Spike Lee

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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 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...

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'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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'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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...