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'Empire' was a very traumatic...

'Empire' was a very traumatic experience for me. It was very schizophrenic, and it wasn't what I expected it to be.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I've had all types of beautif...

I've had all types of beautiful girls tell me that they ugly when they look in the mirror, as if it's someone else's reflection they see.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

When I was young, I went to a...

When I was young, I went to a church where the lighter-skinned you were, the closer you sat to the altar.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I don't read the reviews, the...

I don't read the reviews, the blogs, or anything else. Instead, I feel the audience when I show the film.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I drank from colored water fo...

I drank from colored water fountains and from the white water fountain just to see what it was like when I was a kid. What shocks me is that these kids today don't realize that this happened in many of our lifetimes.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

In L.A., I was a talent manag...

In L.A., I was a talent manager for many years. I represented many African-American actors. After a while, I became disheartened over the shortage of roles for African Americans.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

People enjoy making fun of pe...

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

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I don't think anyone likes an...

I don't think anyone likes anything of mine. At the end of the day, I love it, but just because I love it... I happen to love broccoli, not a lot of people like broccoli. I always question if somebody else is going to love my films.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

Being the first person to go ...

Being the first person to go to college that really related to me from the movie [The Butler] because being black and going to college everyone puts so much hope into you.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I think people in the future ...

I think people in the future will come up to me and say, "Everything that you are and everything that you have is because of that butler [film]." Of course, that's Oprah's line from the movie, but I think it will resonate with my legacy with the movie.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I embrace the criticism, beca...

I embrace the criticism, because ultimately (it means) the masses have seen it [my movie]. I embrace it for my father's story, for my mother's story, for my auntie, for my grandmother, who all got their teeth knocked out so I could be [where I am].

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

My philosophy has always been...

My philosophy has always been, you don't put your name in front of a movie.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I grew up hardcore. I learned...

I grew up hardcore. I learned to be more responsible - and fiscally responsible - you know, I just wanna be a kid again! Do a musical, have tons of time or something.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I've dodged all sorts of bull...

I've dodged all sorts of bullets in Hollywood to get my movies made. I'm tough.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I like all my work equally. I...

I like all my work equally. I look at the projects as children. I look at the experience more than the end result.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

As a film director and as fil...

As a film director and as film actors, you get used to a certain rhythm that's slow. But with TV, it's hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry. It's a different pace. So, it's about adjusting to the pace. It's not meant for everybody.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I felt hopeful for the future...

I felt hopeful for the future because Obama is here. But nothing has changed. It's time for young kids to get serious again and really think about what their four fathers were like. As African-Americans, we are resilient, we are some bad mf-ers, and we are survivors. So get those i-pods out of their ears and become heroes again like the Freedom Riders.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

What attracts me to material ...

What attracts me to material are characters that I know - characters that I know people don't know but I know - and bringing them to the screen. Spotlighting voices that have not been heard before on screen.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

I want to go to places that a...

I want to go to places that are unexpected of me, because people really think they have me pegged. I want to do something different, like maybe do a space movie or a musical.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

Trust is hard to get from act...

Trust is hard to get from actors, and for me to give to actors.

Lee Daniels 25 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....