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I have twins that I didn't want to have the life that I had. I didn't have a great life growing up. - Lee Daniels
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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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My mom had five kids. And she came home after working three jobs, and I'd rub her feet. We'd all rub her feet. We were lucky to get any time with her. - Lee Daniels
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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. - Lee Daniels
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Theater was always in the backdrop. Nursing was a way to pay the bills. I wasn't a nurse; I had a nursing agency. - Lee Daniels
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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. - Lee Daniels
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I'm not really vegan. I'm vegan-ish. I have a piece of lamb every now and then. - Lee Daniels
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I've met Shonda Rhimes a few times, and certainly she's an inspiration for me in television. - Lee Daniels
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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. - Lee Daniels
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I come from a family of domestics. I think most African-Americans of my age do. They were trusted by their bosses. I have met so many white people that spent more time with their nannies than they have with their own parents. - Lee Daniels
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I've had all types of beautiful girls tell me that they ugly when they look in the mirror, as if it's someone else's reflection they see. - Lee Daniels
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My partner, Danny Strong, came to me with this idea of telling a story about my life and merging that with music and the hip-hop world. He wrote 'The Butler' and originally wanted to do 'Empire' also as a movie. - Lee Daniels
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Most actors want the audience to like them, and that leads to bad acting. - Lee Daniels
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Every African-American I know has two faces. There's the face that we have for ourselves and the face we put on for white America for the places we have to get to. - Lee Daniels
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People enjoy making fun of people who are famous; they love putting people down. - Lee Daniels
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