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Dana Walden Quotes

American - Businesswoman | -

What differentiates leaders is the ability to recover following a mistake. I make mistakes all the time, but I cop to them, apologize, and move on. Contrition is powerful.

Time Mistakes Mistake Powerful Move

It's no longer permissible to have sexist comments, but growing up in this industry, I spent time in many other organizations where it was just commonplace for men to talk about how a woman looks or give a woman a little bit of a harder time in a meeting and then say, 'I'm just joking - it's because I care about you.'

Time Men Woman Growing Up Care You

When I got the first e-mail suggesting we cast Zooey Deschanel in 'New Girl', I thought, 'That's exactly right.' In the pilot of 'Modern Family', when Cam is holding up the baby with the 'Lion King' theme, it was very clear we had something special.

Family Girl Lion King Baby Thought

As a woman in this organization, I can say that I don't ever feel that I was discriminated against or prevented from opportunities.

Woman Organization Opportunities Feel

We are providing a platform to creators who are expressing their emotions; they are expressing what they are feeling - fears, joys, terror. That's what art is about, and we don't want to censor it, but neither would we permit violence which feels gratuitous or glorified to be on our platform.

Art Violence Feeling Emotions Want

I think the best entertainment tackles social issues in a sort of seamless way.

Best Think Entertainment Way Social

'Prison Break' on Netflix has generated a whole new generation of viewers.

Prison Generation New Netflix Break

It's hard to tell why something touches a zeitgeist and when that same show doesn't in other places.

Why Places Hard Same Tell Something

When I was little, my parents took away candy except on the weekends. So I'd rush out of my room at 5:00 A.M. on Saturday and sit in front of the TV, jamming my face with candy.

Parents Face Saturday Candy Out Sit

My mother had no interest in cartoons. I remember thinking, 'I am never going to grow into that person.' Which is so ironic - now I get to work on 'Family Guy' and 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama', all of these great animated series! TV was my passion.

Work Family Mother Passion Great

To be a great creator, you have to be vulnerable. You're creating characters that have a little bit of yourself in them... And you want to know it's a safe environment for that.

Great Yourself Environment You Know

A director has to be on the set when the crew is called and is the last one to leave at night. I'm not saying it's not possible, but that's partly why we're not seeing more women.

Women Night Saying Seeing Possible

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