When you love something it's not a job anymore.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms.

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.

This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's the scene where we have the eulogy and sermon that is given by the great John Cusack.

Power is knowing your past.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.