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

'She's Gotta Have It' was shot in twelve days and two six-day weeks.

If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure.

I really don't deal with hypotheticals.

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.