“ A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there. ”
It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.
~ Spike Lee
We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts.
I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism.