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I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.

Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.

When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that's fine, but we don't need to see you do a 'Schindler's List,' where there's no jokes or music or comedic through-line.

I would say that 'Schindler's List,' as powerful as it was, seemed to have continued with a particular iconography of victimization and passivity. That was the iconography with which I had grown up and to which I had grown accustomed.

I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.

I probably haven't even seen ten of the films I've done. I don't get a joy out of it, and I don't go to the movies.

There's nothing gratuitous about my films.

I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place.

When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.

I've made some movies that I really loved that nobody saw.