Spike Lee Quotes

If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism.
Spike Lee

Women, Men, Black

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

Perfect, Faults

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.
Spike Lee

Sleep, Night, Here

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.
Spike Lee

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.
Spike Lee

Love, Wanted, Tell

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.
Spike Lee

Today, Black, Give

I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.
Spike Lee

Wonder, Dictate, Stevie

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.
Spike Lee

Important, Boring, Film

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.
Spike Lee

Dreams, Parents, Anybody

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner.
Spike Lee

Good, Job, After

A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.
Spike Lee

Movies, Times, Stuff

A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.
Spike Lee

Before, Times, Ourselves

And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels.
Spike Lee

Hollywood, Sequels

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.
Spike Lee

Change, Women, Black

Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.
Spike Lee

Time, Talk, Film

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.
Spike Lee

Working, Film, Felt

'Do the Right Thing' was my first union film. I looked at the rosters, and for the most part, it was white males. Especially the Teamsters. So we had some conversations.
Spike Lee

Film, Union, White

Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that's all I'll say about that.
Spike Lee

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms.
Spike Lee

Money, Art, Big

For me, I believe in God, God is real.
Spike Lee

I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.
Spike Lee

Love, Both, Films

I am very fortunate I can send my kids to private school, but everybody does not have the money. If you cannot get your kid in a good school today, your kids are going to be behind the eight ball.
Spike Lee

Good, Money, Today

I don't like acting; not in front of the camera.
Spike Lee

Acting, Camera, Front

I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.
Spike Lee

Hope, Find, Films

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.
Spike Lee

Money, Nice, Stuff

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Nationality: American

Born: March 20, 1957

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