I grew up on the East Coast, and we always used to say, 'Go get your hustle on, ' whether it was playing sports or making money. You do what you have to do to do what you want to do.

Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream.

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later.

Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel.

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.

I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Explore things. Feed your artist.

I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that are more politically driven, films that maybe inspire.

If I'm going to see my mom, I'm going to church!

If you see someone lying out knives and forks consistently, but then one day those knives and forks become weapons you're not sure if he does that as a warrior, that's just his thing.

We're very good friends, we have a very honest relationship. He keeps me honest, I keep him honest. He's an incredible actor and when you have an actor like Denzel action becomes drama.

Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.

True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.

I never played drunk. Hung over, yes, but never drunk.

What God sends is welcome.

Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are.

There's only one thing I never did and wish I had done: climbed over a fence.

To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.

Silence 'tis awe decrees.

Truth gives no advantage. It gives no higher status, no power over others; all you get is truth and freedom from the false.

Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all children's growth and development, and in a parent's connection with their children.