230 Quotes by Spike Lee

Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven’t done and something I hope I’ll never have to do.

Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It’s been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.

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.

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

I ain’t Martin Luther King. I don’t need a dream. I have a plan.

A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn’t intend to be there.

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I’m a New York filmmaker.

I’ve never seen black men with fine white women. They be ugly. Mugly dogs.

I’m an independent filmmaker with complete creative control of my films. I hire who I want. I have final cut. But at the same time, I go directly to Hollywood for financing and distribution. I find it’s best for me to work within the Hollywood system.