Lee Daniels

I wanted to make a black 'Dynasty.'

People enjoy making fun of people who are famous; they love putting people down.

I love black women. I live for them. They are everything to me. I'm obsessed with them. They are sophisticated, resilient and smarter than me.

I don't like to get in front of people.

As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.