[James] Baldwin explained that you have your own history, and that you cannot be responsible, for example, for slavery.

Today, I don't even think that people like [James Baldwin] are possible. He would not have that much room.

Can you imagine in 2016 there is a discussion about #OscarsSoWhite? Is it a novelty we've just discovered that the whole production machine is dominated by only one type of human being, excluding women, excluding gays, excluding minorities? This is not new.

There are only one or two geniuses every century.

I just hope that my films will survive me.

I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He singled-handily revolutionized the political, artistic and historical discourses about America. He created his particular and original language.

You need to react. That's the absurdity of Twitter. You can react without thinking now.