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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I think exciting sexuality is part of the fantasy, part of the entertainment of a love story. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" That's my proudest accomplishment: that I don't feel like a grown-up. "

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

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

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

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "