A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.

When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum.

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner.

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.

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.

American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.

I'm not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it.