Spike Lee Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

  Spike Lee

  People, Thought Provoking, Trying

• I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.

  Spike Lee

  Thinking, People, Important

• 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.

  Spike Lee

  Powerful, Thinking, People

• I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good thing for young kids.

  Spike Lee

  Believe, Kids, Games

  "Q&A: Spike Lee on 'Oldboy,' Remakes, Atonement & 'Inside Man 2'". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. November 20, 2013.

• Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

  Spike Lee

  Film, Endeavor, Hardest

  Spike Lee, Lisa Jones (1989). “Do the Right Thing: A Spike Lee Joint”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

• Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.

  Spike Lee

  Photography, Directors, Looks

• I think the best actors in the world are here in New York City. And this city is just so vibrant the energy is just phenomenal. Great crews here. All the technicians, all the artists that work in this industry. I've just been very happy with the body that we've been able to do, especially those films we shot here in New York City.

  Spike Lee

  New York, Artist, Thinking

• I mean, I think there's a lot of hope in my work. I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. Some more than others, but there's definitely... I think we want to convey the feeling of hope with the montage at the end.

  Spike Lee

  Thinking, Feelings, Want

  "Q+A: Spike Lee Goes Back to Brooklyn". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. January 25, 2012.

• I don't really analyze my stuff when I write. I write about stuff that I'm interested in, that I'm feeling at that particular time. When I stand back and look at the complete work, I might see themes that run through the whole film, but I'm not really conscious of it when I'm doing it.

  Spike Lee

  Running, Writing, Feelings

• 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

  Character, Law, Perfect

• As a writer I want everybody to get a chance to voice their opinions. If each character thinks that they're telling the truth, then it's valid. Then at the end of the film, I leave it up to the audience to decide who did the right thing.

  Spike Lee

  Character, Thinking, Voice

• 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.

  Spike Lee

  Years, Mind, Trying

  "Spike Lee Talks ‘Chi-Raq’ Kismet, Amazon Deal, Obama & Why Film Is Like Sports – AwardsLine". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. January 8, 2016.

• 'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

  Spike Lee

  Actors, Firsts, Film

• I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.

  Spike Lee

  Thinking, Doctors, Important

• 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.

  Spike Lee

  People, Done, Likes

• I don't think my films are going to get rid of racism or prejudice. I think the best thing my films can do is provoke discussion.

  Spike Lee

  Thinking, Racism, Prejudice

  Spike Lee, Cynthia Fuchs (2002). “Spike Lee: Interviews”, p.26, Univ. Press of Mississippi

• This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's the scene where we have the eulogy and sermon that is given by the great John Cusack.

  Spike Lee

  Eulogy, Warning, Film

  Source: deadline.com

• First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms.

  Spike Lee

  Art, Doe, World

• '25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in the city that I live. I mean, it's great going home at night instead of being on location.

  Spike Lee

  New York, Home, Mean

• There’s always been this hocus-pocus or magical, mystical thing associated with the making of film that sort of psyches people out and makes them think that this cannot be done; that this is a craft that cannot be learned.

  Spike Lee

  Psych, Thinking, People

  Spike Lee, Cynthia Fuchs (2002). “Spike Lee: Interviews”, p.131, Univ. Press of Mississippi

• I'm an independent filmmaker with complete creative control of my films. I hire who I want. I have final cut. But at the same time, I go directly to Hollywood for financing and distribution. I find it's best for me to work within the Hollywood system.

  Spike Lee

  Independent, Cutting, Creative

  Spike Lee, Cynthia Fuchs (2002). “Spike Lee: Interviews”, p.32, Univ. Press of Mississippi

• I wouldn't be doing motherfu**ing films for almost three decades if every time I did something that someone didn't like I went in a fu**ing cocoon and just hid there and didn't make my art.

  Spike Lee

  Art, Three, Cocoons

  Source: www.ebony.com

• I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.

  Spike Lee

  Independent, Hollywood Films, Hybrid

  "Spike Lee Talks Obama, the End of Mookie's Brooklyn, and the Hollywood Color Line". Interview with Will Leitch, www.vulture.com. July 8, 2012.

• A spine to my films that's become more evident to me is that many are about the choices people make, and the reverberations of those choices. You go this way, or that way, and either way, there's going to be consequences.

  Spike Lee

  People, Choices, Way

  "Q&A: Spike Lee on 'Oldboy,' Remakes, Atonement & 'Inside Man 2'". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. November 20, 2013.

• I am trying to stay away from this position of me "returning to my roots." As if my roots are that I'm only comfortable working on low-budget, small films. That's not the case at all.

  Spike Lee

  Roots, Trying, Film

  "So What's On Your Mind, Spike Lee?". Interview with Stacey Wilson Hunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 17, 2012.

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