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" Some friends of mine had parents who made school a treat, a gift - not something to be endured. "
Dawn Steel
Parents
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" If you can market smut and toilet paper, you can market movies. "
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" I think exciting sexuality is part of the fantasy, part of the entertainment of a love story. "
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" 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. "
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" I have to tell you, I'm a great teacher. Ask anybody who worked for me, except some secretaries who weren't very good. "
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" Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you. "
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" I hate management. I hate management. I just do. "
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" Working together is the quickest road to marital problems. "
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" Foreign revenues are tremendously important, but foreign audiences are dying for American movies, not for films they could make themselves. "
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" I had an obsession with underarm shields - pointy ones, round ones, full ones, half ones. "
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" 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. "
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" We manufacture a culture in the movie business, and whatever we put out creates a dark side and a bright side, too. "
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" In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day. "
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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. "
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" I felt more comfortable in TV than in the film world where the players were more erudite and intellectual. "
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" Don't believe everything you read in the trades. "
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" Visibility is dangerous because if a guy cuts you off in traffic, you can't call him a name - it might get to the press. "
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" We have to make some movies we have passion for, respect for. "
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" People on the lower rungs are more vulnerable to sexual harassment than those at the top. "
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" The men I worked for didn't look at me as having any gender at all. They regarded me more as a workhorse. "
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" I react to stress badly. I handle it better these days. But I'm a very straightforward person. "
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" Some children's music is aimed just at kids, and it can be very childlike. "
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" An epic is the canvas Brian DePalma paints on. "
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" I don't want my child to have unhealthy values. "
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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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" I'm tired of being the bad guy all the time, saying 'no' to people I like. "
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" 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. "
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