Lee Daniels : (4)

" 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

" 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