A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didnt intend to be there. – Spike Lee
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like theyre killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. Wed not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism. – Spike Lee
Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I havent done and something I hope Ill never have to do. – Spike Lee
I dont think Im a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. – Spike Lee
The cardinal sin in sports, what could really wreck it, is not cheating to win, which has gone on forever, but cheating to lose. That threatens a fundamental aspect of sports appeal, which is their spontaneity. If games are fixed, theyre no different from movies theyre scripted. – Michael Mandelbaum