Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

Quote by Spike Lee

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...