Spike Lee

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.

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.

A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.

There was a time when my mum would sew costumes for the dance studio so we could keep doing our classes because we couldn't afford them.

If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director.

I worked for UFA as a set designer, you know.