Jussie Smollett's always cool with Lee Daniels ... saying he appreciates the director giving him his big break -- and, he'd rather keep their relationship private.
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00:00How has it been getting back into the workforce?
00:02Did you feel like people were going to judge you?
00:04Did you feel judged?
00:05I don't know.
00:06I mean, I certainly felt judged all these years,
00:08but I certainly don't feel judged for my creativity.
00:10I feel like that's one of the few things
00:12that I'm fully, fully confident in,
00:14and I'm very proud of this film,
00:16proud of Vivica's performance, all of our performances,
00:18so it's all good.
00:19How y'all doing?
00:20So it's been nice on the set.
00:22People haven't been weird.
00:23No, no, no, no.
00:24Everybody's been wonderful,
00:25and everybody that I work with, they know me.
00:27You know what I mean?
00:28Right, right, right.
00:29Right, that's okay.
00:30Yeah, it's fine.
00:31Daniel, pick it up.
00:32They know me, so they know my heart,
00:33they know my spirit.
00:34Right, right.
00:35Were there conversations that were had before?
00:37Like, listen, y'all, you know,
00:39we're going to be working together,
00:40or did you have to address anything,
00:42or was there no need to address anything?
00:44There were some people,
00:45like there were certain friends that,
00:46you know, just from myself,
00:47I'm sure I've addressed things, of course,
00:48but, you know, I mean, it's also, you know, again,
00:51I have a really amazing, amazing support system
00:53who know me, so it's all good.
00:55I love that for you.
00:56Okay, so now I'm going to ask you,
00:57Mr. Lee Daniels, you know, made some comments.
01:01Have you guys spoken since he, you know, was...
01:05I talk to Lee often, you know,
01:07but it's something that I love Lee very much,
01:09but it's, it's, I love him very much.
01:11I felt like Lee was acting like he ain't talk to you,
01:13but he did.
01:14I mean, no, no, I mean, here's the thing,
01:16it's like we, I don't talk about it, you know.
01:18Lee is somebody that I love.
01:19Give me an opportunity that I'll be grateful for.
01:21Right.
01:22It's a relationship that's really important to me,
01:24so I don't feel the need to, like,
01:26mediate that in public.
01:27I feel like it's a, it's a private...
01:29Right.
01:30He really is someone that it's a relationship
01:32that I'm really, it's important to me,
01:34so, you know, I'm, it's, it's cool.
01:36You know, Lee is also an open,
01:38a little bit more of an open book,
01:39so he'll say things, you know,
01:40but I love him so much, and he, he knows that.
01:42Right.
01:43And I know that he loves me.
01:44And you guys are good.
01:45We're, we're, we're always going to be good.
01:46And it's going to be with some working together going forward.
01:48I can't say, but what I do know is that...
01:50Oh, my God.
01:51I will always, I will always be good with that man.
01:53Like, he gave me an opportunity,
01:54and there's no going back from this.