Lee Daniels says he did Empire just to see what it was like having a boss for once
Lee Daniels tried television just to see what it was like working for "suits," and it turns out, the experience wasn't great
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Lee Daniels has one of the most varied careers in Hollywood today, and that’s because he’s been able to function mostly independently. That gave him a lot of freedom, but it also made him curious about the constraints elsewhere in the business. “When I got into television, I really just wanted to be able to answer to suits. I wanted to know what that experience was like,” he tells The Film Stage in a new interview. “All of my friends, they get notes and shit. And I’m like, ‘What is that like?!’ You know what I mean? Because every film of mine had been independent. All of my shit is independent.”