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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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" I was trained to be loud, passionate, direct. I didn't realize for the longest time I was intimidating. "

" 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. "

" Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I love stories about underdogs. "

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

" If you can market smut and toilet paper, you can market movies. "

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

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

" 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? "

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

" I would walk into my office, and I would close the door, and I would say, 'I won't cry, I won't cry, I won't cry'... At least, I wasn't going to let them see me cry. "

" What sets Iris Stevenson apart is her success in a system that in no way supports her - with the hardest possible children to convert. "

" I have to tell you, I'm a great teacher. Ask anybody who worked for me, except some secretaries who weren't very good. "

" 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. "

" Don't believe everything you read in the trades. "

" I started with nothing. Less than nothing. "

" 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. "

" Some friends of mine had parents who made school a treat, a gift - not something to be endured. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" The more I can stay on the creative side, the happier I am. "

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

" It's about passion, and if somebody is passionate about a development deal, they're going to get it made. "