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

Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business.

My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.

Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug.

I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face. And then we'll either talk about it or fight about it.

I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.