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 DanielsI'm not tough when it comes to people criticizing the people that I protect, and those are the actors. It makes them scared to do it again for another director.
Lee DanielsBeing 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