Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom, when people all over the country fear reprisal if they use their right to free speech, it is time to get angry. It is time to get fierce.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.

You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.