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.

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

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

I don't think anyone likes anything of mine. At the end of the day, I love it, but just because I love it... I happen to love broccoli, not a lot of people like broccoli. I always question if somebody else is going to love my films.

I like all my work equally. I look at the projects as children. I look at the experience more than the end result.

I felt hopeful for the future because Obama is here. But nothing has changed. It's time for young kids to get serious again and really think about what their four fathers were like. As African-Americans, we are resilient, we are some bad mf-ers, and we are survivors. So get those i-pods out of their ears and become heroes again like the Freedom Riders.

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.