230 Quotes by Spike Lee

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.

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated.

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.

I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms.

There’s always been this hocus-pocus or magical, mystical thing associated with the making of film that sort of psyches people out and makes them think that this cannot be done; that this is a craft that cannot be learned.

Because many advances have happened, we've lost the urgency (and that's just human nature) that we had before, when we couldn't vote, couldn't use mass transportation, or drink from the fountains.

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.

I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.