46 Lee Daniels Quotes for You to Enjoy

Lee Daniels

American Actor

Born: Dec 24, 1959

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If you really spend time with movies, it's three years of your life from beginning to end. I started out planting the seed with 'Monster's Ball' about independent cinema and raising money and that whole thing as a producer, and then it becomes easier for me. Lee Daniels

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I'm always more comfortable and in a good place when I'm with friends because I know they trust me. I'm able to get great performances from people who trust me. Lee Daniels

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I come from a family of servants. My father's father was a servant, and my father's father's father was a slave. Lee Daniels

Family Father Come Servant Servants Slave

I was always intrigued with European cinema, and hated most American cinema. I didn't like the one, two, three - boom! style, with a neat and tidy ending. That was never my scene. Lee Daniels

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Stars make money on real movies. They make big money on real movies. To come into my world, I've got some M&Ms and some potato chips, and I'm asking you to move furniture. Lee Daniels

You World Money Big Stars Furniture Some Potato Come Make Got Real Big Money Move Movies Chips Asking

I believe in life that you know that everything prepares you for the next thing - whether it's a hit, whether it's not a hit, whether it's a... your failures are your accomplishments because it makes you prepared for whatever it is that you are going to do next. Lee Daniels

Life You Whatever Believe Everything Failures Know Because Makes Accomplishments Hit Going Whether Next Your Next Thing Prepared Prepares Thing

I see the world from a very specific perspective. It is how I grew up. It is what I am proud of, and I vocalize it. And for those who have not experienced my experience, it is odd, and it's not mainstream. Lee Daniels

Experience World Perspective Those See Mainstream Proud How Am Odd Up Very Experienced Grew Who Specific

I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful. Lee Daniels

Work Fear Fearful Actor

I went back-to-back from 'Paperboy' to 'Butler,' literally with no break. Lee Daniels

Literally Break Butler

I don't know what gives me more pleasure: watching my story unfold or going in and watching a room full of black people talking for me and writing words for black people. Lee Daniels

Me People Writing Words Black Pleasure More Gives Know Talking Going Unfold Story Room Full Watching

I'm not really vegan. I'm vegan-ish. I have a piece of lamb every now and then. Lee Daniels

Vegan Every Piece Lamb Then Really Now Now And Then

America is fickle. You never know what they're going to go for. Lee Daniels

You Fickle Never Know Go America Going

The ratings board is completely different when it comes to film versus the television arena. Lee Daniels

Television Ratings Arena Versus Different Board Film

I want to see movies I can walk away from and say, 'Wait, what happened there? Hold up, what did I just see? What?' and then it connects to something that you personally, unequivocally know to be truth. Lee Daniels

That's the gift 'Precious' has given me. You really think you're telling a story about a fat black girl, and only fat black girls will understand it, and then you realize we're all Precious. Lee Daniels

Me You Gift Will Black Girl Think Telling About Given Only Understand Precious Story Realize Then Really Fat

I'm always workin', man. I gotta pay the light bills. Lee Daniels

Man Light Pay Always Gotta Bills

My kids tell me to Instagram, so I do that. I have a few thousand followers. Lee Daniels

Me Few Kids Tell Thousand Followers Instagram

I was always in trouble. I was mischievous. And movies were always a part of my world. Lee Daniels

World Trouble Mischievous Part Always Were Movies

I think this last film I finished, 'The Butler,' is the closest I will come to as a work-for-hire. Lee Daniels

Will Finished Think Come Closest Film Butler Last

I look at my movies; I call my movies 'the kid.' It's like I'm giving birth. I'm in the cocoon, you know? Lee Daniels

You Giving Birth Kid Like Know Look Call Movies Cocoon

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