#gh

Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side. ↗

— Sheila Jackson Lee

#better #doing #exchanging #human #human rights

And in the middle of one of those scenes, I suddenly felt my heart just open: it was overwhelming, to the point where I got teary-eyed. Never would I have thought anything like that could happen in a love scene. ↗

— Sheryl Lee

#could #felt #got #happen #heart

I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at the past decade, I realized I had done more work than I thought I had done. ↗

— Sheryl Lee

#decade #done #got #had #i

You always hear actresses talk about how unromantic it is to act a love scene or a sex scene - which it is. You're doing it with all these lights on and cameras flying around and people on the set. ↗

— Sheryl Lee

#act #always #around #cameras #doing

Fight the power that be. Fight the power. ↗

— Spike Lee

#power

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors. ↗

— Spike Lee

#do the right thing #felt #film #first #i

I am very fortunate I can send my kids to private school, but everybody does not have the money. If you cannot get your kid in a good school today, your kids are going to be behind the eight ball. ↗

— Spike Lee

#ball #behind #cannot #does #eight

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated. ↗

— Spike Lee

#educated #education #great #had #high

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. ↗

— Spike Lee

#black #brought #comes #define #down

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. ↗

— Spike Lee

#city #done #go #haven #hope