If I'm remembered for having done a few good things and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

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

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.

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.

I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.

As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure of a man is how well he provides for his children.