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

I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so!

I don't see any negativity with what Brad Pitt is doing with his Make It Right Foundation, or what Sean Penn is trying to do in Haiti.

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

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 didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my sophomore and junior years at Morris College in Atlanta, Georgia.

I'm surprised that Hollywood and networks have not been diverse as other industries.