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

Quote by Spike Lee

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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.

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...

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.

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 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 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...

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

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'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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It...

Don't forget your history nor your destiny

Don't forget your history nor your destiny