There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 percent perfect, or you're labeled anti-Semitic.

I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.

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.

Stick around long enough, you'll get some grace.

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.

I give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street.

I don't really analyze my stuff when I write. I write about stuff that I'm interested in, that I'm feeling at that particular time. When I stand back and look at the complete work, I might see themes that run through the whole film, but I'm not really conscious of it when I'm doing it.