I don't like to use the word 'remake', I think reinterpretation is a better word. It's just a … - Spike Lee

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Determination is power. If the prospect be dark, kindle up the fire of resolution that nothing but death can extinguish.

Spike Lee

I don't like to use the word 'remake', I think reinterpretation is a better word. It's just a matter of respecting the source, and then trying to make your own film, and trying not to be inhibited by being so beholden to every single thing. . . We respect the source, but we make changes to it.

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I believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can’t just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times, an opportunity might fall into your lap, but you have to be ready for that opportunity. You can’t sit there waiting on it. A lot of times you are going to have to get out there and make it happen.

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I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence.

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You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.

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It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.

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I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.

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