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.

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

If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn't get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste.

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.

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

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