I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated.

I think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work.

We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that all of us are in some form of the arts.

I am trying to stay away from this position of me "returning to my roots." As if my roots are that I'm only comfortable working on low-budget, small films. That's not the case at all.

I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too.

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.