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" Thankfully, as much as Hollywood is interested in brands, I think people are still looking for originality and freshness. "

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" You've got Marvel films, sequels, franchise movies, so much noise out there. You're trying to brand your entertainment. The musical is its own brand. "

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" I do remember feeling, 'I don't ever want to feel impotent in terms of what I can control in a business in which you can have very little control.' And that motivated me to go to law school - that, and my parents saying, 'Go to law school before you do anything.' "

" As a producer, when you get to work with a filmmaker who is joyful about making films, you want to do it again and again. "

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" 'Wicked' has been one of the biggest hits in Los Angeles theatre history, and we are thrilled that theatergoers here have embraced the musical and welcomed us so heartily. "

" Good movies beget other good movies. So when a movie captures the imagination and hearts of people around the world, it's going to have a positive influence on similar genres getting made. "

" My personal challenge is always balance. My life has a lot of compartments to it, and I care about each of them deeply. So I wake up each day thinking, 'How am I going to balance today?' "

" There were 100 intellectual reasons not to pursue 'Wicked.' There were times where it was very challenging, where the mind said, 'This is maybe too challenging,' but the heart willed it. The heart willed it to succeed. "

" I appreciate actors who work very hard to get at the truth of the character they're playing. That speaks to me, and I try to protect that process because I value the focus and intention behind it. "

" Music has a way of getting inside all of us and lifting us up. "

" I have a certain kind of a taste for what will make a good movie or a good play or theater. "

" The notion of someone who is fitting in or trying to become part of a larger family... It's hard to separate that from my own Jewish roots. "

" The further you get up the corporate ladder, the farther you get from the actual filmmaking process. "