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My Father Was A Certain Kind Of Man - I Saw How He Treated My Mother And His Family And How He Treated Strangers. And I Vowed I Would Never Make A Film That Would Not Reflect Properly On My Father's Name.

To Be Compared To Jackie Robinson Is An Enormous Compliment, But I Don't Think It's Necessarily Deserved.

But My Dad Also Was A Remarkable Man, A Good Person, A Principled Individual, A Man Of Integrity.

So I Had To Be Careful. I Recognized The Responsibility That, Whether I Liked It Or Not, I Had To Accept Whatever The Obligation Was. That Was To Behave In A Manner, To Carry Myself In Such A Professional Way, As If There Ever Is A Reflection, It's A Positive One.

But I Always Had The Ability To Say No. That's How I Called My Own Shots.