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
trying want stories
I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.
people want interest
I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to get people with the same interests that you have, and the same aesthetic.
nice stuff want
I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too.
women want figures
A woman who is very secure in herself, what she's about, what she wants to do, who probably figures that she's a prize catch-sooner or later he's going to come around.
thinking feelings want
I think there's a lot of hope in my work. I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. Some more than others, but there's definitely... I think we want to convey the feeling of hope with the montage at the end.
thinking want surprise
Surprises are good. I'm not of the thinking where you tell the audience everything. Sometimes I don't even want to see the trailers. You see the trailer, you've seen the movie.
black grew people position racism woman
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.
constant man people state
People think I'm this angry black man walking around in a constant state of rage.
believe people
People didn't really believe me when I told them that I was going to be a filmmaker,
ninth people
People could not believe, especially the residents of the Ninth Ward, that there wasn't hanky-panky in the flooding.
great voted wanna
Terrance Howard did a great job. I wanna see him win. I voted for him.
union
'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.
felt indicator
'She's Gotta Have It' and 'School Daze,' I really didn't know what I was doing. And the biggest indicator of that was the acting. 'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.
anyone anywhere basically city far greatest knows lived lives love might spent though time
I think that anyone who lives in New York, who's lived here, who's spent any time here, knows that it's basically a love-hate relationship, you might say. Even though I still think it's the greatest city in the world and I wouldn't live anywhere else, there're still things about it one doesn't like. The love far outweighs the negative.