I didn't run into racism until we moved to Nassau when I was ten and a half, but it was vastly different from the kind of horrendous oppression that black people in Miami were under when I moved there at 15. I found Florida an antihuman place.

True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure.

I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.

Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.

I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally.