Top 102 Quotes by Lee Daniels

About Lee Daniels

These are some quotes by American author Lee Daniels Actor, who was born on December 24, 1959.

I have twins that I didn't want to have the life that I had. I didn't have a great life growing up.

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

I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.

I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.

Lee Daniels

I'm not going to be labeled a black filmmaker. I am not here to just tell black stories. I'm here to tell all kinds of stories, musicals and dramas.

I'm not going to be labeled a black filmmaker. I am not here to just tell black stories. I'm here to tell all kinds of stories, musicals and dramas.

Lee Daniels

I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.

I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.

Lee Daniels

My earliest experience was reading Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at 8, you know, with a bunch of kids on my steps - on the stoops - and knowing that I wanted to direct them saying the lines. I don't really know how to articulate that 'cause there wasn't someone to show me.

Lee Daniels

I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films.

I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films.

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.

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.

Lee Daniels

I went from off-off Broadway. I would direct plays in Baldwin Hills. Almost Tyler Perry-like, really trying to express myself in that and not really knowing how to, knowing acting in story, but not really knowing how to technically hold a camera.

Lee Daniels

I came to Hollywood to write and found out I don't have the attention span.

I came to Hollywood to write and found out I don't have the attention span.

Lee Daniels

Here's the thing: I think the media underestimates the intelligence of the moviegoer. We need to be fulfilled. People want to sit down and think, and I try to make people think.

Here's the thing: I think the media underestimates the intelligence of the moviegoer. We need to be fulfilled. People want to sit down and think, and I try to make people think.

Lee Daniels

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