I Tend To Favour Films That Have

I Think Black People Have To Be In Control Of Their Own Image Because Film Is A Powerful Medium. We Can't Just Sit Back And Let Other People Define Our Existence.

Racism Is When You Have Laws Set Up, Systematically Put In A Way To Keep People From Advancing, To Stop The Advancement Of A People. Black People Have Never Had The Power To Enforce Racism, And So This Is Something That White America Is Going To Have To Work Out Themselves. If They Decide They Want To Stop It, Curtail It, Or To Do The Right Thing... Then It Will Be Done, But Not Until Then.

It Is Really Important That Young People Find Something That They Want To Do And Pursue It With Passion. I'm Very Passionate About Filmmaking. It's What I Love To Do.

People Sometimes Forget All The Films That We've Done. They Remember The Likes Of 'malcolm X' And 'do The Right Thing.' But I've Been Working Since 1986. From The Beginning, I Was Determined To Not Just Be A Flash In The Pan. I've Got To Keep Up With Woody Allen. He's Lapping Me.

I Ain't Martin Luther King. I Don't Need A Dream. I Have A Plan.