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Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

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Spike Lee
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 20
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You know that first of all your films have to make money no matter who you are.
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I think the best actors in the world are here in New York City. And this city is just so vibrant the energy is just phenomenal. Great crews here. All the technicians, all the artists that work in this industry. I've just been very happy with the body that we've been able to do, especially those films we shot here in New York City.
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I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.
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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.
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I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.
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I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor.
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You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.
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I don't like to use the word 'remake', I think reinterpretation is a better word. It's just a matter of respecting the source, and then trying to make your own film, and trying not to be inhibited by being so beholden to every single thing... We respect the source, but we make changes to it.
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American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.
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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.
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I used the principles of Kickstarter to make 'She's Gotta Have It.' We filmed that in 1985 to 1986. The final cost was $175,000. I didn't have that money. It was friends, grants, donations. We saved our bottles for the nickel deposit.
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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.
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Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner.
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I collect names for characters. Names are valuable they can be your first source of insight into a character.
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I like people to look like they're floating.
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We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines what is black?
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It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.
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America doesn't have the moral right to tell other people what to do. To say the whole world has to fall into line is you-know-what. I hope more people will rise up.
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And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels.
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Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.
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