Our Greatness, Our Talent Has Never Been

I Think The Best Actors In The World Are Here In New York City. And This City Is Just So Vibrant The Energy Is Just Phenomenal. Great Crews Here. All The Technicians, All The Artists That Work In This Industry. I've Just Been Very Happy With The Body That We've Been Able To Do, Especially Those Films We Shot Here In New York City.

Making Films Has Got To Be One Of The Hardest Endeavors Known To Humankind.

Right Now A Lot Of People Are Still Choosing To Go To Toronto Instead Of Shooting In New York City, Something I Haven't Done And Something I Hope I'll Never Have To Do.

People Sometimes Forget All The Films That We've Done. They Remember The Likes Of 'malcolm X' And 'do The Right Thing.' But I've Been Working Since 1986. From The Beginning, I Was Determined To Not Just Be A Flash In The Pan. I've Got To Keep Up With Woody Allen. He's Lapping Me.

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.