230 Quotes by Spike Lee

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they’ve forgotten.

If you can’t take a hit, you’re not going to last long, that’s for sure.

I don’t like acting; not in front of the camera.

As a people we do not need anyone else’s stamp of approval.

When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it’s all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum.

I don’t see any negativity with what Brad Pitt is doing with his Make It Right Foundation, or what Sean Penn is trying to do in Haiti.

I’m not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it.

I’m always open to new, innovative stuff and people trying to do stuff in a different way. I knew that the theatrical release would be like getting on the launch pad for Amazon Prime but I was okay with that because I think what Jeff Bezos and Ted Hope are doing is innovative.

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.