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" Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived. "

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" I wanted to be respected by filmmakers, and why should they respect me if they saw that my superiors did not treat me with respect. "

" I felt more comfortable in TV than in the film world where the players were more erudite and intellectual. "

" I don't want my child to have unhealthy values. "

" It hurt me deeply, this reputation as tough, hard, mean. "

" That's my proudest accomplishment: that I don't feel like a grown-up. "

" The men I worked for didn't look at me as having any gender at all. They regarded me more as a workhorse. "

" The more I can stay on the creative side, the happier I am. "

" It's about passion, and if somebody is passionate about a development deal, they're going to get it made. "

" I was the first studio executive to meet with Sean Penn after 'Taps' in 1981. I was anxious to develop things with him when nobody knew who he was. "

" There's no training for the business, no credentials necessary to enter... It's all about entrepreneurs, innate street intelligence, and instincts. It's a business which encourages people with dreams. That's the essence of Hollywood. "

" I would walk into my office, and I would close the door, and I would say, 'I won't cry, I won't cry, I won't cry'... At least, I wasn't going to let them see me cry. "

" You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval. "

" Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you. "

" 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. "

" We manufacture a culture in the movie business, and whatever we put out creates a dark side and a bright side, too. "

" When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's unfathomable how you live without your mother. "

" Historically, Vietnam movies have been profitable. All of them. 'Platoon,' 'Full Metal Jacket,' 'Apocalypse Now,' 'The Deer Hunter.' You're looking at movies that have been not pretty successful, but very successful. The foreign numbers have been extraordinary. "

" A really hard lesson to learn is that most of the time, it's not about you. "

" We have to make some movies we have passion for, respect for. "

" I started with nothing. Less than nothing. "

" I hate management. I hate management. I just do. "

" In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day. "

" 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. "

" An epic is the canvas Brian DePalma paints on. "

" I don't know that I would say abrasive. In some ways, I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day, and maybe I was insensitive considering the pressures and responsibilities of these jobs. "

" I was trained to be loud, passionate, direct. I didn't realize for the longest time I was intimidating. "

" I wouldn't want anyone to think that work is the major thing in my life. "