Lee Daniels
Born: December 24, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
We know who the characters are, because they’re already written. It’s about getting to know you and to really become friends, so we can make magic. That only comes from knowing each other. By the time I’m ready to yell “action,” we know each other so well. We just go for it.
[on the editing process] You know what happens? …The miracles happen through the accidents. I’ll give you an example: I made a mistake at Cannes and shouldn’t have said this, but this guy was irritating me. He was making such a big deal about Zac Efron in his underwear [in The Paperboy (2012)] and I was, like, fuck’. I had every character based on somebody I know. When the guy asked why I have Zac in his underwear, I said, “Because I’m a gay and I like it.”…
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