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'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.

If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure.

Everybody does what they want to do for their own specific reasons.

I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.

You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.

America doesn't have the moral right to tell other people what to do. To say the whole world has to fall into line is you-know-what. I hope more people will rise up.