Famed Hollywood director Spike Lee recently sat down with Vulture where the “Do The Right Thing” director touched on a litany of topics including the NETS transition to his hometown of Brooklyn, his thoughts on  the controversial issue of same sex marriage, President Barack Obama, and plenty more.

Check out a few excerpts from the interview below:

How do you think President Obama is doing?:

I support him; my wife and I gave a benefit for him at our house. But I think this election is going to be close. Bottom line, there are many people in America who look at themselves and say, “Am I better now than I was before?” It is going to be tooth and nail, and I think it is going to get nasty. But, in my opinion, if they are trying to bring up Reverend Jeremiah Wright again, they are really reaching. I hope and pray that people are not going to go for the Willie Horton okeydoke.

Do you think if he does lose we will see a black president again anytime soon? :

I will be dead before it happens.

Is the parallel with the civil-rights movement valid? :

It is the same thing—I guess it is the same thing. But here is the thing, though: All these movements and groups of people who have benefited from the civil-rights movement, I think they should have to take a pledge. Okay, you want to get married to each other, but then you cannot go around and act this way against other groups of people, because some of those groups made it possible—laid down the foundation.

Read the article in its entirety HERE.

Thoughts??