As I Get Older, It's A Time

Yes, You Can Have Art Films About The Triumph Of The Human Spirit And All Of That, But You'll Have It Done With A Big-budget Icon With A $20 Million Salary. You'll Have Julia Roberts, You'll Have Robert Redford, You'll Have Russell Crowe Doing Those Films, Because If They're Going To Cost $90 Million, They're Going To Make That Movie For A Public That's Very Large And Mainstream. They're Not Going To Make It For Three Or Four Million Black People.

We Have To Have Films About Action And Violence And Special Effects. That's The Sad Part, But You Know What? It's Not Me Doing It.

Out Of Necessity Comes Genius.

I Felt Beauty Was A Magnet For Abuse, And I Had Suffered Greatly For It.

Women Were Victims. Their Husbands Could Beat Them Up When They Wanted To. They Couldn't Work. They Could Be Maimed And Killed By Their Husbands.