Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Leeis an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 March 1957
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
film endeavor hardest
Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.
sleep night thinking
Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.
men drug black
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.
long lasts ifs
If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure.
names people african-american
We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines what is black?
dream kings needs
I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.
fighting
Fight the power that be. Fight the power.
stuff credit filmmaker
A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.
people black cinema
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.
hollywood diverse industry
I'm surprised that Hollywood and networks have not been diverse as other industries.
dream parent observation
It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.
night yesterday may
I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.
greatness matter talent
Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.
years mind trying
I'm always open. I try not to have a closed mind. In fact the only reason why I'm able to continue to make films since 1986 is I have been adaptable. If I weren't flexible I sure wouldn't be making films this many years as I've been doing it. I've been making a film a year almost since 1986 and that's hard. That ain't easy.