I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so!

I never understood the concept of showing everything in the trailer. Why go to a movie if there's no surprise? I can't do it like that.

I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.

I consider Madonna a friend, and she sure knows how to work the publicity machine. Of course, I don't have breasts. If I did have, I'd be in the number one spot over Madonna.

I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.

We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines what is black?

Because many advances have happened, we've lost the urgency (and that's just human nature) that we had before, when we couldn't vote, couldn't use mass transportation, or drink from the fountains.