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" I had an obsession with underarm shields - pointy ones, round ones, full ones, half ones. "

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" I was so busy climbing up this ladder, staying above the water. If there was only room for one woman in a room, I wanted to be her. I'm not proud of it. I certainly don't feel that way now. It was an absolute evolution for me. "

" 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. "

" In my family, education was something you endured. My parents weren't educated past high school, and the only book in our house was a 'Reader's Digest' condensed book. Can you imagine? "

" 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. "

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

" Some friends of mine had parents who made school a treat, a gift - not something to be endured. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It wasn't until I saw 'Rocky' that I realized movies could affect people beyond mere entertainment. "

" 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. "

" Some children's music is aimed just at kids, and it can be very childlike. "

" I react to stress badly. I handle it better these days. But I'm a very straightforward person. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I'd like my epitaph to read 'Given the amount of time she had, she did the best job she could.' Also that I'm a nice person... and a good mother. "

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

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

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

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

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

" I thought it was great being the only girl in the room. I loved the attention. After I got used to it, I didn't want to be the only girl in the room. I had no one to talk to. "

" I think exciting sexuality is part of the fantasy, part of the entertainment of a love story. "

" 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. "

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