I don't like to use the word 'remake', I think reinterpretation is a better word. It's just a matter of respecting the source, and then trying to make your own film, and trying not to be inhibited by being so beholden to every single thing... We respect the source, but we make changes to it.

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.

I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of criticisms are coming from because black people have been so dogged out in the media, they're just extra sensitive.

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

I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.

I like people to look like they're floating.