Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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.
Spike Lee
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Spike Lee
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 20
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Mascot
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Atlanta
Georgia
Sheldon Lee
Shelton J. Lee
Shelton Jackson Lee
Mars Blackmon
Films
Film
Best
Thing
Provoke
Going
Provoking
Think
Discussion
Thinking
Racism
Prejudice
More quotes by Spike Lee
I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.
Spike Lee
I wouldn't be doing motherfu**ing films for almost three decades if every time I did something that someone didn't like I went in a fu**ing cocoon and just hid there and didn't make my art.
Spike Lee
If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure.
Spike Lee
You know that first of all your films have to make money no matter who you are.
Spike Lee
A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.
Spike Lee
Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.
Spike Lee
I don't see any negativity with what Brad Pitt is doing with his Make It Right Foundation, or what Sean Penn is trying to do in Haiti.
Spike Lee
Power is knowing your past.
Spike Lee
Fight the power that be. Fight the power.
Spike Lee
And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels.
Spike Lee
For me, I believe in God, God is real.
Spike Lee
We've got to turn this backward thinking around where ignorance is championed over intelligence. Young black kids being ridiculed by their peers for getting A's and speaking proper English: that's criminal.
Spike Lee
Cause mo better makes it mo better.
Spike Lee
You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.
Spike Lee
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.
Spike Lee
I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.
Spike Lee
I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good thing for young kids.
Spike Lee
I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of criticisms are coming from because black people have been so dogged out in the media, they're just extra sensitive.
Spike Lee
I like people to look like they're floating.
Spike Lee
Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.
Spike Lee