Lee Daniels quotes

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)
I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff. View quote
Lee Daniels
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. View quote
Lee Daniels
When you have a lot of siblings, you always do something to feel special. View quote
Lee Daniels
I come from a family of servants. My father's father was a servant, and my father's father's father was a slave. View quote
Lee Daniels
My work is therapeutic: 'Monster's Ball,' 'Woodsman' and 'Shadowboxer,' because I don't go to therapy, and I sort of live life through my films. View quote
Lee Daniels
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. View quote
Lee Daniels
I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful. View quote
Lee Daniels
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. View quote
Lee Daniels