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July 20, 2006
Giving quote: Lee Daniels on a real person
As astringent quotes go this week, producer-turned-director Lee Daniels (Monster's Ball, The Woodsman tops anything out of the mouth of M. Night Shyamalan or Kevin Smith. 
Reports Lola Ogunnaike in the New York Times, with his directorial debut, Shadowboxer, Daniels' "decision to cast Mo’Nique, the proudly plus-size comedian, was met with raised eyebrows all around. Her character, a crack addict, was originally written for an anorexic white woman in her early 20’s who dates a handsome young doctor. Casting Mo’Nique, he said, prompted the film’s writer to remove his name from the credits. Mr. Daniels remained unrepentant. “My sister was an obese crack addict... She had a chicken wing in one hand and crack pipe in the other, and she had the finest white men lined up waiting for her. This is a real person to me.”
Posted by Ray Pride at July 20, 2006 03:08 PM
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