I never understood the concept of showing everything in the trailer. Why go to a movie if there's no surprise? I can't do it like that.

This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's the scene where we have the eulogy and sermon that is given by the great John Cusack.

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.

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

Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.

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

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.