Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.

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

Racism in America absolutely exists - it is an issue. We need to fix it. We're a great country - probably the greatest country but we could be a hell of a lot greater.

I'm a storyteller, and there's some genres I like. I don't think I'm ever going to do science fiction, but I want to do a musical one day. I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.

I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.

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.