I'm not a cinematic cinematic person. I go to the movies like I did back when I was a kid. I go to the movies and I sit down. If the music works, hmm…

- Melvin Van Peebles

Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character.

- Melvin Van Peebles

I was a trader for a company. That's different from the brokers who we sort of disdain as sort of just errand boys.

- Melvin Van Peebles

No film is made without the people behind the lens. Of course, most people, even I, tend to look at films in the most simplistic way, and say, "Wow, …

- Melvin Van Peebles

I don't consider myself a sociologist, I consider myself a filmmaker, among other things. Maybe an asshole but a filmmaker.

- Melvin Van Peebles

Hollywood desires money but they could not stand the political content.

- Melvin Van Peebles

I really like to talk to people and to get their take on things.

- Melvin Van Peebles

Essentially, I'm, most of all, a writer. So, what makes people tick interests me.

- Melvin Van Peebles

Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done.

- Melvin Van Peebles