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" I am so used to having two faces. A face that I had for black America and a face for white America. When Obama became president, I lost both faces. Now I only have one face. "
Lee Daniels
Lost
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Black
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" 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. "
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" I have a partner, Danny Strong; he's an incredible writer and, really, my backbone. So when we don't see eye to eye, it's painful. "
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" I'm not really vegan. I'm vegan-ish. I have a piece of lamb every now and then. "
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" Most of my friends are dead. I watched friends die in my arms at 5, 6, 8. When I grew up, the rest of my friends died of AIDS. "
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" 'Precious' is so not P.C. What I learned from doing the film is that even though I am black, I'm prejudiced. I'm prejudiced against people who are darker than me. "
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" I think this last film I finished, 'The Butler,' is the closest I will come to as a work-for-hire. "
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" The rules are: The only ego is the film, and you have to serve the film. "
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" My kids tell me to Instagram, so I do that. I have a few thousand followers. "
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" 'Empire' was a very traumatic experience for me. It was very schizophrenic, and it wasn't what I expected it to be. "
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" I hate white people writing for black people; it's so offensive. So we go out and look specifically for African-American voices. "
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" 'Push' had a story, 'The Paperboy' story you could just throw up in the air and shoot holes through the book because the story wasn't as strong. But I felt the characters were stronger in 'The Paperboy'; they were vivid. "
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