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

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I started with nothing. Less than nothing. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" If I can do it, anyone can do it. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I love stories about underdogs. "

" 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. "

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

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