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" 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? "

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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. "

Dawn Steel

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Who

Nobody

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

Dawn Steel

Lack

Integrity

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

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

" 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. "

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

Dawn Steel

Saying

Time

" If the doors are going to close on me, it's a little late. "

Dawn Steel

Late

Going

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

" Working together is the quickest road to marital problems. "

" I've gone far in the movie business, but no matter how far I go, every time I pick up the phone to call Tom Hanks or Robin Williams, I wonder if they'll call me back. And you know what? Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't. "

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

" Foreign revenues are tremendously important, but foreign audiences are dying for American movies, not for films they could make themselves. "

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

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

" 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 love stories about underdogs. "

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

" 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. "

Dawn Steel

Water

Evolution

" People on the lower rungs are more vulnerable to sexual harassment than those at the top. "

Dawn Steel

Top

Than

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

" If you can market smut and toilet paper, you can market movies. "

" 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. "