I want to go to places that are unexpected of me, because people really think they have me pegged. I want to do something different, like maybe do a space movie or a musical.

Every African-American I know has two faces. There's the face that we have for ourselves and the face we put on for white America for the places we have to get to.

I've dodged all sorts of bullets in Hollywood to get my movies made. I'm tough.

I can't do movies where you start thinking "Where's the commercial appeal? How are we going to market this?" It's not that kind of party.

I was always intrigued with European cinema, and hated most American cinema. I didn't like the one, two, three - boom! style, with a neat and tidy ending. That was never my scene.

I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.

Trust is hard to get from actors, and for me to give to actors.

I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful.

I'm not tough when it comes to people criticizing the people that I protect, and those are the actors. It makes them scared to do it again for another director.

My philosophy has always been, you don't put your name in front of a movie.

I think that when you have audacity, you will get polarization.

There is no beast or beauty.There is no task or duty.There is only you.

Walking’s a great way to create. The ideas seem to fall from the sky sometimes, and the fresh air is great too.

I just think I have always had a good attitude about everything and never got ahead of myself. No one wants to work with a jerk.

My work is my play. I found a way to make my passion to be the same as how I make a living.

Jesus continues to offer light, joy, and peace to today's generation.

No revolution creates a wholly new universe. Rather, it reflects the history and culture that spawned it.

Christianity is an entirely new way of being human.

Play is experimenting with chance.

With big folks, either people think you look mean or it's more of a jolly Santa Claus, 'Oh, he's just a pudgy little teddy bear pillow.'