American - Actor | December 24, 1959 -
I had 'Push' and 'The Paperboy' next to my bed for many years. Those are some of the great, great novels.
Lee Daniels
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I think this last film I finished, 'The Butler,' is the closest I will come to as a work-for-hire.
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I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.
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I look at my movies; I call my movies 'the kid.' It's like I'm giving birth. I'm in the cocoon, you know?
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I'm still pulled over... We were nominated for two Oscars for 'Monster's Ball,' and I almost didn't make the Oscars because I got pulled over in Beverly Hills.
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'Precious' is so not P.C. What I learned from doing the film is that even though I am black, I'm prejudiced. I'm prejudiced against people who are darker than me.
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When I was young, I went to a church where the lighter-skinned you were, the closer you sat to the altar.
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I am so used to having two faces. A face that I had for black America and a face for white America. When Obama became president, I lost both faces. Now I only have one face.
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'Shadowboxer' was based on my life.
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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.
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I don't know whether everybody likes the films that I do. I know that I love them, and I believe the way that I raise my kids that they will love them, and that's what most important to me.
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I don't read the reviews, the blogs, or anything else. Instead, I feel the audience when I show the film.
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