WEBVTT - Lee Daniels Lightning Round

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everybody, it's Bruce. Thanks for pulling up a share

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<v Speaker 1>for another bonus episode, Table for two. I recently sat

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<v Speaker 1>down for an amazing lunch with producer, director, and screenwriter

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<v Speaker 1>Lee Daniels. I'm so excited for you to hear our

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<v Speaker 1>entire conversation, but for now, I wanted to share our

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<v Speaker 1>lightning round with you, which was full of surprising and

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<v Speaker 1>insightful answers. I hope you enjoyed this little bonus, and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be back next week with our full interview.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so this is a quick, little fun quick ground.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah New York or LA New York.

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<v Speaker 4>Nope, yeah, New York.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I understand.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm sorry. I can't answer that question because I love

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<v Speaker 4>them both, New York or LA.

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<v Speaker 2>New York or LA, all right.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I think for me, my soul is New York.

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<v Speaker 3>I love having both in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, I think New York, Okay, New York,

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<v Speaker 2>Peetown or Fire Island, Fire Island, Boom. Favorite designer today.

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<v Speaker 4>I think, I like I'm talking with Saint Laurent today,

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<v Speaker 4>me too, Are you right?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes? Sexy as hell?

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<v Speaker 3>That T shirt is SEXU.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, you know what I'm doing right, Okay, what are

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<v Speaker 4>you doing? Yes, I am, I'm getting I'm just I

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<v Speaker 4>get it. I look at something and this is a

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<v Speaker 4>whole new thing for me. I'm looking at some I

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<v Speaker 4>got jeans. I look at something and I just say,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm getting a maid. And so what I do is

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<v Speaker 4>I just I take them to my tailor and I

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<v Speaker 4>get a maid. So I just I find some jeans

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<v Speaker 4>and beat up jeans and I get a made leather.

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<v Speaker 2>Same thing, and you find the gene and then you design.

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<v Speaker 4>The This is I find jeans and then I love this.

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<v Speaker 2>Hought them up and make them. Those are very Wait,

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<v Speaker 2>turn around. Yeah, I see what you're saying, because look

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<v Speaker 2>at the legs.

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<v Speaker 4>And then and then the same thing for these blouses.

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<v Speaker 4>Did you see what I was wearing at my premiere?

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<v Speaker 4>I designed that, you did? And you see my nipple?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's like sheer right.

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<v Speaker 4>Like it was. It was the weight loss that really

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<v Speaker 4>inspired me to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm okay, great, right, you want to show

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<v Speaker 2>the goods.

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<v Speaker 4>But I so but I but I but I knock

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<v Speaker 4>off and I'm inspired by a saint around because what

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<v Speaker 4>I do is I'll see something from I'll see a

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<v Speaker 4>shirt or something a thin silk whatever, and then I'll

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<v Speaker 4>get a bunch of fabric and then I'll say, hey,

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<v Speaker 4>I'll take it to the tail and go fix it.

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<v Speaker 2>I did.

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<v Speaker 3>I went through a disco phase, the Tony Manero Saturday fever,

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<v Speaker 3>and I got all these pants and I went to

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<v Speaker 3>the tailor.

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<v Speaker 4>Well you that's what you were at the at the

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<v Speaker 4>at the at the at the Oscar party.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right and gorgeous.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, top bunk bed or bottom bunk bed. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, we're all like to sleep on the top

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<v Speaker 3>bunk or something. We sleep on the bottom bone.

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<v Speaker 4>I think for forever it has been the top bunk.

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<v Speaker 4>But what I've learned, what I've learned, you know, being

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<v Speaker 4>single sometimes that you know, the bottom bunk ain't that bad?

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<v Speaker 2>Baby?

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<v Speaker 3>Mornings or nights your morning person, a night person.

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<v Speaker 4>I used to be a night person and then I

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<v Speaker 4>became a morning person.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what sex is like sex? Nighttime sexist for kids?

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<v Speaker 4>I think so.

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<v Speaker 2>I think so me too. I mean morning sex have

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<v Speaker 2>never been into it. I like in the afternoon person.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's just when everything seems to be alive. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>I digress.

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<v Speaker 4>Favorite movie, My favorite movie is Gone with the winds.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>Interesting Why I love all the black characters in there.

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<v Speaker 4>I love them because they're there.

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<v Speaker 5>They don't take no ship, they don't take any ship,

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<v Speaker 5>and there's and they're fat and and way it shows

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<v Speaker 5>an African American at that time, that is, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>that has to answer to people, but with an enormous

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<v Speaker 5>amount of dignity, with an enormous amount of dignity, and

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<v Speaker 5>not taking any ship.

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<v Speaker 4>And you see the control that they really do have

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<v Speaker 4>over white people.

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<v Speaker 3>It's true, that's interesting that you're you're right, But wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>that recently put on like the you can't like is it?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know. I'm probably gonna get canceled.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't care.

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<v Speaker 4>No. No.

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<v Speaker 2>Most used curse war sadly fuck.

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<v Speaker 4>And I don't really like saying it because when I

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<v Speaker 4>hear it, when I hear myself saying it, or when

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<v Speaker 4>I read it in print, I'm humiliated by it because

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's a I think it doesn't it doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>make me seem smart. But again, you know, I'm not cultured.

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<v Speaker 4>What do you want?

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<v Speaker 2>You are culture? Biggest influence?

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<v Speaker 4>I think my biggest influence is uh, Bob Fosse.

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<v Speaker 3>You are a man that just says, I just learning.

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<v Speaker 3>Every time you say Bob Foster live.

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<v Speaker 4>Look, I think that you know, he had a drug problem,

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<v Speaker 4>like I had a drug problem. He you know, he

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I choreographed early on and H and I

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<v Speaker 4>see the world the way he sees the world. And

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't think I was going to be around that long.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I didn't think I was going to be

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<v Speaker 4>around that long. And I and I, yeah, I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>The first thing you notice about someone, what.

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<v Speaker 4>Kind of question is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, like like someone walks into you see their hands?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you see their eyes? Do you look at you

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<v Speaker 2>know how they see posture? Posture?

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<v Speaker 4>You have fabulous pasture.

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<v Speaker 2>I do. Thank you. And favorite book, Boys on the Rock.

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<v Speaker 5>Boys on the Rock.

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<v Speaker 4>I forget who wrote it, but it's a great book.

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<v Speaker 4>It's about it. It's coming of age tea story about

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<v Speaker 4>a boy and his dog, a gay boy and his dog.

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<v Speaker 4>And he's a pathological liar. He says, oh, yeah, I

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<v Speaker 4>lied about that. And you're reading the book and you're thinking,

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<v Speaker 4>and four chapters and you go, oh, I lied about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait, that's the cutest thing ever read Our Boys on

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<v Speaker 2>the Rock.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's great, mister Daniels. Yes, sir, thank you so

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<v Speaker 3>much for joining me today. I adore you, I do

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<v Speaker 3>want you in my life.

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