“I want to go to places that are unexpected of me because people really...” — Lee Daniels Quote

“I want to go to places that are unexpected of me because people really think they have me pegged.”

“At 19, I was in the streets making money. I was surviving.”

“I didn't have the sensibilities of your ordinary filmmaker, let alone your ordinary African-American filmmaker. My heroes were John Waters, Pedro Almodovar, and actors that were part of that world.”

“My career definitely took an unexpected change in direction when it came to 'Here Lies Love.'”

“Unfortunately, in football, sometimes you think that things might go one way, but eventually, they take an unexpected turn or head in another direction.”

“It's something unexpected that the coronavirus happened.”