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
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People say, 'She's so successful' and 'Look at her position as a black woman.' She is a black woman who grew up in Birmingham, Ala.,and said that she never experienced a day of racism in her life.
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I'm glad to be here on the day we honor Dr. King, a true giant, and it's our responsibility to teach our children what the man was and how this is not just a day you don't go to school.
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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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People didn't really believe me when I told them that I was going to be a filmmaker,
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People could not believe, especially the residents of the Ninth Ward, that there wasn't hanky-panky in the flooding.
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Terrance Howard did a great job. I wanna see him win. I voted for him.
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People think I'm this angry black man walking around in a constant state of rage.
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One more, we catch De Niro and Scorsese. I hope we catch them, and I hope we pass them.
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So I missed the wedding, huh? I didn't get an invitation. What's up with that?
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Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. We're both from Brooklyn. I didn't know him growing up, but once he became heavyweight champion, I knew him then.
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There were a couple of brothers with large screen televisions.
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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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A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.
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We have a sort of understanding that works on the set. When you're shooting, the cash register is ringing . Denzel and I know where we're going before shooting starts. Then, it's a matter of doing it.