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Spike Lee
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 20
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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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I consider Madonna a friend, and she sure knows how to work the publicity machine. Of course, I don't have breasts. If I did have, I'd be in the number one spot over Madonna.
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This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's the scene where we have the eulogy and sermon that is given by the great John Cusack.
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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 give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street.
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I never understood the concept of showing everything in the trailer. Why go to a movie if there's no surprise? I can't do it like that.
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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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I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.
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I don't think my films are going to get rid of racism or prejudice. I think the best thing my films can do is provoke discussion.
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Stick around long enough, you'll get some grace.
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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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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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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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I'm surprised that Hollywood and networks have not been diverse as other industries.
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