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" My mom knew early on that I was gay, and she knew that I had to get out of the ghetto. "
Lee Daniels
Gay
Early
Out
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" Most times when I do a film, it starts out with one idea and ends up not being what I thought it was going to be. "
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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. "
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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 don't profess to be Shonda Rhimes by any stretch of the imagination, or Dick Wolf. They're icons. I'm a filmmaker. "
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Any
" Putting on a movie is like going to war - for me, at least. It's all about time; time is money, and we don't have it. So it's all about getting to know each other intimately quickly. You are with family members that you like or don't like, but you can't leave them because you're stuck with them. "
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Time
" I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films. "
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Hands-On
Up
Because
" I don't know - I haven't seen any of my movies after I finish them. I leave the editing room; I don't go back. "
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Finish
Movies
Know
" To come into my world, I've got some M&Ms and some potato chips, and I'm asking you to move furniture. We're making a movie. We're making it like we're putting on a play. "
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Furniture
You
World
" The rules are: The only ego is the film, and you have to serve the film. "
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Rules
Serve
Ego
" I have a very clear vision, and I come from film, where director is God, so if there's a clash, it's painful. "
Lee Daniels
Director
Painful
Film
" My kids tell me to Instagram, so I do that. I have a few thousand followers. "
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Instagram
Tell
Followers
" 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 Am
Perspective
Up
" I hate white people writing for black people; it's so offensive. So we go out and look specifically for African-American voices. "
Lee Daniels
Look
People
Black
" I'm in a great place because I trust people behind the camera as I go off, and I still go back to my day job and do film. "
Lee Daniels
Camera
People
Trust
" I like to show the grey area in all my characters. "
Lee Daniels
Grey
Characters
Show
" I think that, as African-Americans, oftentimes we have to put ourselves on pedestals as opposed to really looking at ourselves and trying to understand ourselves and become better people. We always have to be on pedestals. "
Lee Daniels
Think
Better
Looking
" Some of the most provocative TV that I'm inspired by is in the U.K. You guys take it for granted, but in America, we can't do it. "
Lee Daniels
America
Inspired
Most
" Here's the thing: I think the media underestimates the intelligence of the moviegoer. We need to be fulfilled. People want to sit down and think, and I try to make people think. "
Lee Daniels
Need
Media
Think
" America is fickle. You never know what they're going to go for. "
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Fickle
Go
Know
" I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff. "
Lee Daniels
Want
My Soul
Hollywood
" When you have a lot of siblings, you always do something to feel special. "
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Always
You
Special
" I think the father-son love story is a universal one which transcends color. "
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Color
Story
Think
" '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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Empire
Expected
Me
" My mission is to let black kids know that their dreams can happen. "
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Black
Mission
Know
" I have twins that I didn't want to have the life that I had. I didn't have a great life growing up. "
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Life
Growing Up
Growing
" I worked at Warner Bros. for a while. I was the head of the minority talent casting. It was like pre-Spike Lee and post-blaxploitation era. "
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Casting
Talent
Minority
" When I make movies, I don't ever go out there to please anyone other than myself. I never try to make a film for the masses. I just try to tell my story. "
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Try
Never
Story
" With TV, you're in people's houses every night. And you have so much time to tell stories. I don't know why I didn't do it before. "
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You
Why
Time
" I had trained myself not to go to the bathroom throughout my elementary and junior high school years because I was bullied. And you don't understand why you're being bullied, so you just suppress it. "
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You
Myself
School
" I had 'Push' and 'The Paperboy' next to my bed for many years. Those are some of the great, great novels. "
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Years
Bed
Great