I Don't Think I'm A Total Pessimist,

America Doesn't Have The Moral Right To Tell Other People What To Do. To Say The Whole World Has To Fall Into Line Is You-know-what. I Hope More People Will Rise Up.

I Want To Tell Stories, I Don't Really Try To Get Boxed In By A Specific Genre.

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.

Do The Right Thing' Was My First Union Film. I Looked At The Rosters, And For The Most Part, It Was White Males. Especially The Teamsters. So We Had Some Conversations.

I'm An Independent Filmmaker With Complete Creative Control Of My Films. I Hire Who I Want. I Have Final Cut. But At The Same Time, I Go Directly To Hollywood For Financing And Distribution. I Find It's Best For Me To Work Within The Hollywood System.