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Welcome to the treatment. I'm Elvis Mitchell. It's been a long time since Lee Daniels was here.

Back in the days when he became only the second African American effort to be nominated to a Best Director Oscar for Precious. His newest film is The Butler. Forgive me, my imprecision, Lee Daniels the Butler.

Lee Daniels of Lee Daniels the Butler. Welcome back.

Thank you.

You said to me when I last saw you in Dallas a couple of weeks ago that after the response to the paperboard, which I told you, I thought it was a really, I thought a fearless piece

of filmmaking, a really courageous piece of filmmaking, that you were worried about what your

future was going to be.

Why?

Because, you know, the well was dry, Elvis.

I wasn't...

What do you mean?

After Precious there, there was a lot of offers that were coming my way, and we couldn't

get Selma off the ground, as you recall.

That was the thing you were really excited about doing Selma.

And then I had the butler, but no one wanted to do that film.

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