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" I didn't tell anyone I had lupus for many, many years, and I didn't tell anyone I had cancer. I was afraid no one would hire me, and I also felt it was deeply personal. It was nobody's business. Now, of course, my feelings have changed. "

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" People would congratulate Dick for my movies. It bothered me for a long, long time. "

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" I like having an idea, or hearing an idea, and getting it into a proper script. "

" I love to say that what's great about 'Legion' is that if you haven't read a comic book and you haven't seen an 'X-Men' movie, you can come in and understand it - and this can be your comic. "

" We love 'X-Force.' It allows us to be a little grittier. "

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" I think people really don't understand what a producer does versus what a director does. I mean, the producer is often the person that is on the movie the longest - it's their material that they are then bringing the director onto to bring it to the screen. Are we overlooked? Absolutely. "

" I've been very fortunate, but it also never occurred to me that I couldn't do something or that I couldn't ask if I could try something. "

" I feel fortunate every day I'm in this business. No matter how hard it is, no matter how ruthless some people are, I was born to do this; I was born for movies. "

" I've been looking for an opportunity to break into the Chinese market due to its devoted and passionate audience and have found the perfect partner in Cristal Pictures. "

" The thematic core of 'X-Men' is tolerance. It's that for those of us who are different in any way - in a big way, whether it's you're a minority, you're a woman, you're a Muslim, you are suppressed or marginalized - it can go the whole spectrum - but even if you are shy or you feel like an outsider - and X-Men are outsiders. "

" I grew up outside Cleveland, Ohio, and I went to college at Boston University. I majored in film. Then I came out to Los Angeles. "

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" Not many people know 'Hellblazer.' "

" I really liked 'Walk The Line,' and I really liked 'Girl Interrupted,' and I really liked '3:10 To Yuma.' "

" My mandate to myself since I've been involved in these movies was 'make every single movie different, so there's never 'X-Men' fatigue.' "

" Almost everyone I know is battling something, whether it's allergies or depression. Whatever it is, it makes you feel less than who you are. I believe part of life's challenge is to work through that. "

" The accomplishment that I am most proud of is that 'Free Willy' and 'Dave' got a political message out, which isn't easy to do within the constraints of studio moviemaking. "

" I was attracted to the comics because of the characters and, particularly, Wolverine because he is so complex. He is so damaged and tragic in many ways - he doesn't have his memory. His body was invaded. He has unrequited love for Jean Grey. "

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Memory

Love

" The first two actors we cast were Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Because we started so highbrow, we were able to get anyone. Plus, some of these people have children, and their kids love 'X-Men.' They'll do it because of them - that's our little extra ace in the hole. "

" For me, I think Bob Iger is one of the smartest men in the country. "

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" The thing about Texas is that it's a little larger than life. "

" I personally have close ties to Marvel because of Kevin Feige, because Kevin worked for me. "

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" The cinematic universe will not worry about 'Legion.' They will not worry about these TV worlds at all. "

" Sometimes, I've had the experience with a director where I didn't share the same vision of the movie. "

" I would say that the first 'X-Men' was the hardest. It took us a long time to get it going. "

" I've really tried to use the power of film to effect change. "

" When I was in my 20s, I was always sick. I was always feeling exhausted. "

" It was a fear we had when we started 'Legion,' that there were too many comic-book series out there, and how do you stand out. Our mandate always is to make something different in feel and tone. You try to avoid someone thinking, 'Gee, I've seen this before.' "

" I wanted to tell people you can live a full life, even if you're not feeling well. "

" I stayed in the East for about a year after I graduated. Then, I came out to Los Angeles and started knocking on doors and working my way up. This was the '70s. I had been told how tough it was for a woman trying to make it in Hollywood, but I sort of had blinders on. I just did things anyway. "

" You have to have somebody to root for. I truly believe that's how you ground a movie. You ground them in the characters. "