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Spike Lee Biography

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.

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You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.

Class, Dictate, Inspirational, Motivational, Students, Tough

I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.

Born, May, Night, Yesterday

One of the great things about African-Americans is that we've always had this attitude: We make do with what we got. It comes from our ancestors being slaves.

African American, Attitude, Slave, Slaves, Things

I never understood the concept of showing everything in the trailer. Why go to a movie if there's no surprise? I can't do it like that.

Like, Movie, Surprise, Trailer, Trailers, Understood

I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.

Audience, Common, Intelligence, Lowest, Respect, Trying

I'm worried just as much about Donald Trump as that crazy guy in North Korea - and he has a nuclear code. I'm worrying about that.

Crazy, Worry, Guy, Korea, Worried

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.

Chance, Character, Thing, Thinking, Voice

If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure.

Hit, Ifs, Lasts, Long, Take

I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.

Dictate, Stevie, Successfully, Wonder

We've got to turn this backward thinking around where ignorance is championed over intelligence. Young black kids being ridiculed by their peers for getting A's and speaking proper English: that's criminal.

Ignorance, Kids, Speaking, Thinking, Young

I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my sophomore and junior years at Morris College in Atlanta, Georgia.

Summer, Dream, College, Years, Morris

My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her children's education.

1917, Art, Children, Grandmother, Old

He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.

Artist, Jackson, Mtv, Music, Play

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

Affected, America, Country, Honest, Rap, Way

I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so!

Film, New York, Rightfully, Toronto, Vilified

I've got "Sometimers. " Sometimes I remember and sometimes I forget.

Forget, Inspirational, Remember, Sometimers, Sometimes

When you love something it's not a job anymore.

Anymore, Job, Jobs, Love

I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.

Character, Characters, Ensemble, Plot, Tend

Amongst black people, you have always heard it said that once a black man reaches a certain level, especially if you are an entertainer, you get a white trophy woman. I didn't make that up.

Certain, Entertainer, Men, People, White

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.

Character, Characters, Differences, Hollywood, Real

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