Spike Lee Quotes

I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear.

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.

I want to be around when I'm 60; I don't want to be some flash in the pan.

I didn't want to just be remembered for 'War Horse.'

It's been two decades. I feel blessed that I'm still working, and people still want to see me.

I'm not a kid trying to make an impression in the business. I do have 600 films out there that are playing constantly.

I wasn't about one season, but career and longevity.

I don't want to be an action star; action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.

So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.

I think we all want to be remembered for what we did.

I love making music and all that, but at the end of the day I don't think that's what people are going to remember about a person.

I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands.

Man is remembered by his deeds.

I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.

I want to be around for a long time. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.

My goal is to get another 30 years out of this business. So I need to figure out the fuel to do that. And so far, I think it's respect and quality and company, not celebrity or box office or stardom. It's not a sprinter's approach. It's more like a long-distance thing. You can stick around a lot longer if you kind of slow-play it.

If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth the reading, or do things worth the writing.

People got to know me very gradually. It was little things. It's still like that. 'That Thing you Do!' was a big thing. It's always been very gradual. Like I say, people still ask me if I'm still acting. 'I've seen all your movies. What are you doing now?' Ha ha!

If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.

I'm so proud and honored to have been in 'Lonesome Dove' and 'Eight Men Out.' How come I'm not known for one of those?

I'd wish for my work to be remembered rather than myself.

It's nice to be in anything that anybody sees or likes. If it's something that has lasted, it's great.

Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.

The stuff that's good is the stuff that lives on.