People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world.

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.

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

We'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.

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

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.

You know that first of all your films have to make money no matter who you are.