Author: Lee Daniels

Quotes

I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful.

I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful.

- Lee Daniels

I'm a filmmaker. I'm always searching for the truth in everything I do. I demand it from my writing partner and my crew, actors, and so hopefully, we're making people think.

I'm a filmmaker. I'm always searching for the truth in everything I do. I demand it from my writing partner and my crew, actors, and so hopefully, we're making people think.

- 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 think the father-son love story is a universal one which transcends color.

I think the father-son love story is a universal one which transcends color.

- 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

Stars make money on real movies. They make big money on real movies. To come into my world, I've got some M&Ms and some potato chips, and I'm asking you to move furniture.

Stars make money on real movies. They make big money on real movies. To come into my world, I've got some M&Ms and some potato chips, and I'm asking you to move furniture.

- Lee Daniels

I want to live in my truth. Tell me you don't like me, and I know it. But when you don't tell me, and you work behind my back, it's a lie, and I don't know how to fight that.

I want to live in my truth. Tell me you don't like me, and I know it. But when you don't tell me, and you work behind my back, it's a lie, and I don't know how to fight that.

- Lee Daniels

I don't know - I haven't seen any of my movies after I finish them. I leave the editing room; I don't go back.

I don't know - I haven't seen any of my movies after I finish them. I leave the editing room; I don't go back.

- Lee Daniels

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