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" 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. "

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

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

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" What sets Iris Stevenson apart is her success in a system that in no way supports her - with the hardest possible children to convert. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity. "

" 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. "

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

" I started with nothing. Less than nothing. "

" 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. "

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

" I have to tell you, I'm a great teacher. Ask anybody who worked for me, except some secretaries who weren't very good. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm tired of being the bad guy all the time, saying 'no' to people I like. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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