'She's Gotta Have It' was shot in twelve days and two six-day weeks. Spike Lee daygottashoot Change image and share on social
Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. We're both from Brooklyn. I didn't know him growing up, but once he became heavyweight champion, I knew him then. Spike Lee brooklynchampioncomplex share on social
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 blackchangecinema Change image and share on social
I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator. Spike Lee audiencecommondenominator Change image and share on social
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 blackcomecriticism Change image and share on social
I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully. Spike Lee dictatesteviesuccessfully Change image and share on social
There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 percent perfect, or you're labeled anti-Semitic. Spike Lee anticharacterfilm Change image and share on social
'Red Hook Summer' is another chapter in my chronicles of Brooklyn. Spike Lee brooklynchapterchronicle Change image and share on social
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 blackbringdefine Change image and share on social
I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker. Spike Lee cityfilmfilmmaker Change image and share on social
