Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Leeis an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 March 1957
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
new-york mean home
'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.
doe hollywood wells
And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels.
tears criticism down-and
Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.
greatness matter talent
Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.
surprise trailers understood
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.
night yesterday may
I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.
law white america
Racism is when you have laws set up, systematically put in a way to keep people from advancing, to stop the advancement of a people. Black people have never had the power to enforce racism, and so this is something that white America is going to have to work out themselves. If they decide they want to stop it, curtail it, or to do the right thing... then it will be done, but not until then.
past knowing experience
Power is knowing your past.
guy trying stories
I'm not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it.
men drug black
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.
fall america people
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.
dream parent observation
It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.
people approval needs
As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.
people african-american black
I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.