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I'm surprised that Hollywood and networks have not been diverse as other industries.

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Spike Lee
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 20
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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 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.
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