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Spike Lee
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 20
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'25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in the city that I live. I mean, it's great going home at night instead of being on location.
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I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.
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If you have a talented family, you should be shot if you don't use them.
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I'm an independent filmmaker with complete creative control of my films. I hire who I want. I have final cut. But at the same time, I go directly to Hollywood for financing and distribution. I find it's best for me to work within the Hollywood system.
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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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I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor.
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'She's Gotta Have It' was shot in twelve days and two six-day weeks.
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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.
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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.
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I'm trying to keep up with what's happening in this turbulent world.
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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.
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Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that's all I'll say about that.
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I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.
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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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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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If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure.
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You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.
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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.
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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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Amongst black people, you have always heard it said that once a black man reaches a certain level, especially if you are an entertainer, you get a white trophy woman. I didn't make that up.
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