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I Used The Principles Of Kickstarter To Make 'she's Gotta Have It.' We Filmed That In 1985 To 1986. The Final Cost Was $175,000. I Didn't Have That Money. It Was Friends, Grants, Donations. We Saved Our Bottles For The Nickel Deposit.

I Had A Great Education. From Kindergarten To John Dewey High School In Coney Island, I Am Public-school Educated.

There's An Unwritten Law That You Cannot Have A Jewish Character In A Film Who Isn't 100 Percent Perfect, Or You're Labeled Anti-semitic.

I Think If People Looked At My Body Of Work, They'd See A Great Breadth Of Work.

I Don't See Any Negativity With What Brad Pitt Is Doing With His Make It Right Foundation, Or What Sean Penn Is Trying To Do In Haiti.