Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer.
“If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.”
“I had a friend in high school who badly wanted to make movies and would recruit me as an actor. It was always so much fun. I decided, I'm going to go to Hollywood and make movies, which is a thought I'd never had before.”