The business is so upside down now. It's not just about the bling-bling.

Ninety percent of the time, you're going to hear no. It took me seven years to make 'Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored.' Nobody wanted to see the movie made. I got the movie made.

A film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something.

One problem when you get energy and want to go with it is that with so large a cast of talented people, you have to wait three or four shows for some 'meat.'

The business is so upside down now. It's not just about the bling-bling.

Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills.

How did we suddenly become entranced with gangster culture? I saw it this morning on campus. When did the black community say we should all look like criminals?