Lee Daniels Quotes
I'm not Tyler Perry. I'm not Dino De Laurentis. I think it's a bit much to put one's name in front of the film. It makes me uncomfortable.
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Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
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I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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You know, I'm very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I've received.
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You take so much on as a therapist: you just sit there and listen to people talk with you, and you're trying to help people, and it can be draining.
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I have blood from Dutch and Norwegian.
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2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
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If you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. You know it could happen again.
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Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
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I don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes, I do still act sometimes. But when I do, it's with people I know and trust, people who respect me as a person and appreciate what I have to offer.
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I've discovered the burger is a crazy thing in Vegas, but I was one of the early chefs to do a lot of burgers.
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Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.
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I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.
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One of the problems with the Internet is that a lot of times it is inaccurate.
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Take three quarts of duck's milk...
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He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning.
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In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives.
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He was wild the way a mistreated dog becomes wild, not because it loves freedom, but because it has lost trust.
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I've done enough wrong on my own, I don't want to get blamed for something I didn't do.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
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I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.
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I have not walked away from Hollywood. I'm walking away from the way I personally did business in Hollywood. The budget of whatever movie I do needs to be efficient; it needs to consider what kind of resources we're using and how to be as responsible as possible.
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I'm not Tyler Perry. I'm not Dino De Laurentis. I think it's a bit much to put one's name in front of the film. It makes me uncomfortable.
