In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

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.

I want my great-granddaughter to have a fairly good understanding of the world in which I lived for 81 years and also the world before I came into it - all the way back a hundred thousand years, to the beginning of our species.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.

My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.