When I was a kid, from 10 years old, I worked every day for my dad, huh? Never played basketball. I never played tennis – never did. We worked so that we could eat. Melvin Van Peebles Read Quote
There’s something on Wall Street called PIG – panic, ignorance, and greed. Those are the big sins. I’m not greedy, I knew I was ignorant, and I didn’t panic. Melvin Van Peebles Read Quote
After ‘Don’t Play Us Cheap,’ I got very busy with theater and Wall Street. Melvin Van Peebles Read Quote
Whitey is uptight about offending blacks without really knowing what offends blacks. Melvin Van Peebles Read Quote
Sweetback’ represented an economic tour de force because I had no partners; I own it. Melvin Van Peebles Read Quote
I have no illusions about running. I hate running. If I could feel as good as I felt at 30 without running, I wouldn’t do it, but that’s not the way it works! So – no pain, no gain. Melvin Van Peebles Read Quote
Our minds are not our friends when they realize we have work to do – they’re our enemies. Melvin Van Peebles Read Quote
What happened when ‘Sweetback’ made all that money, the studios were in a very difficult position. They wanted the money, but they didn’t the message. This marked the advent of the caricatures which became known as blaxploitation. Melvin Van Peebles Read Quote
