American - Businesswoman | August 19, 1946 - December 20, 1997
We have to make some movies we have passion for, respect for.
Dawn Steel
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You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.
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Visibility is dangerous because if a guy cuts you off in traffic, you can't call him a name - it might get to the press.
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I just love the idea of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, whether it's the success of 'Cool Runnings,' which is the success of four guys from Jamaica who had never seen snow, or whether it's my success, just as a human being.
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You have to persevere, you have to just not give up, and you have to know what you want. You have to be able to see your dream.
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Don't believe everything you read in the trades.
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I hate management. I hate management. I just do.
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I felt that if I shared the lessons that I learned - both the good ones and the bad ones - that I might make the climb a little less painful for other women.
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I react to stress badly. I handle it better these days. But I'm a very straightforward person.
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I think women's relationships with other women are very complicated and depend on their relationships with their mothers. Mine was fraught with problems. So I didn't necessarily trust women for a long time.
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The first war movie I ever saw was 'Platoon,' and I was eight months pregnant. So my husband, producer Charles Roven, wasn't sure I'd make it.
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An epic is the canvas Brian DePalma paints on.
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