I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character.
Spike LeeWe're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a broader level.
Spike LeeRight now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven't done and something I hope I'll never have to do.
Spike LeeA spine to my films that's become more evident to me is that many are about the choices people make, and the reverberations of those choices. You go this way, or that way, and either way, there's going to be consequences.
Spike Lee