I give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street.

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.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

For me, I believe in God, God is real.

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

I've got "Sometimers." Sometimes I remember and sometimes I forget.

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

I've never seen black men with fine white women. They be ugly. Mugly dogs.

Everybody does what they want to do for their own specific reasons.

Cause mo better makes it mo better.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.

A lot of times, we censor ourselves before the censor even gets there.

Stick around long enough, you'll get some grace.

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

Those that'll tell don't know, and those that know won't tell.

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

Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.