All Spike Lee Quotes
I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.
Spike Lee
52% of people like this quote
I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.
Spike Lee
52% of people like this quote
All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.
Spike Lee
52% of people like this quote
I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.
Spike Lee
51% of people like this quote
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.
Spike Lee
50% of people like this quote
A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.
Spike Lee
50% of people like this quote
A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.
Spike Lee
50% of people like this quote
It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.
Spike Lee
49% of people like this quote
I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.
Spike Lee
48% of people like this quote
I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.
Spike Lee
48% of people like this quote
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.
Spike Lee
48% of people like this quote
I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of criticisms are coming from because black people have been so dogged out in the media, they're just extra sensitive.
Spike Lee
47% of people like this quote
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.
Spike Lee
42% of people like this quote
Related authors