I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

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.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.