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" Pesto is such a great standard. It's so simple to make and always tastes good. "

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" In 1983, I was working at an art gallery in Los Angeles and going to film school at Los Angeles City College. At that time, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a young painter and was visiting L.A. for his first show at the Larry Gagosian Gallery. "

" It was hard for me to hear anyone saying they didn't like 'Billy Madison.' "

" Many classrooms are overcrowded, and splitting the class into smaller groups gives the children more one on one attention. "

" I am so inspired by new media. "

" How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and surround yourself with other idealistic and talented friends that fuel each other and push against the establishment to take you seriously. "

Believe In Yourself

" I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor. "

" When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal. "

" In 'Billy Madison,' I worked with Adam before anyone really knew he was Adam Sandler. "

" Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director. "

" I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person. "

" I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features. "

" A school morning is usually a pretty hectic time in any household. "

" I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped. "

" I'm extremely determined and ambitious. "

" My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to what he was experiencing in New York. "

" My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child. "

" Having someone cook all your meals is the best vacation ever! "

" What's so fun when you shoot in a car is you get to research all the other road movies that have ever been done, and you try to figure out where do they place the cameras and how many shots can you get with your people in the car. So just doing the research on the films is so fun. "

" It's incredible what happens when you explain to kids what good food is - they get so excited! They go home and tell their parents... and they're excited to cook the recipes themselves in class. "

" I have a great little camera, and I had a theory that if the story is interesting, it doesn't matter what medium you shoot it on. You just have to make a good film. "

" I came up with this statistic that if a kid makes something himself, he's 90 to 95% likely to try it. And of course, then, if it's good, he'll eat it! "

" Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important. "

" Helping out in your kid's classroom is a great way to get involved with your child's school. "

" It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25. "

" There's no continuity in videos... you can jump around all over the place. In features, you can't throw in a close-up of a musician stomping on a guitar - you have to film a scene. "

" I love mentoring young filmmakers and girl filmmakers. "

" A mom can't afford to be sick. "

" I read the script for 'Guncrazy' in 1985 and loved it because it was one of the few scripts I'd come across that revolved around a strong female character. "

" Many of the stranger but most frequently quoted scenes in 'Billy Madison' were unplanned. "

" I have been lucky in my life to have met people that are special, so extraordinary talented that they somehow are on a different plane. Sometimes these amazingly talented people find a way to keep reinventing themselves to stay relevant and alive. Some fall under the crushing vibrancy of their own intensity. "