Lee Daniels : (3) " It’s hard for me to accept love. I wish I could lie to you and tell you that it’s easy for me, but it’s not. " - Lee Daniels " 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 " When you have a lot of siblings, you always do something to feel special. " - Lee Daniels