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

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

" 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. "

" I love stories about underdogs. "

" Some children's music is aimed just at kids, and it can be very childlike. "

" 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. "

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

" I felt more comfortable in TV than in the film world where the players were more erudite and intellectual. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" You have to persevere, you have to just not give up, and you have to know what you want. You have to be able to see your dream. "

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

" I started with nothing. Less than nothing. "

" When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should. "

" 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. "

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

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

" We manufacture a culture in the movie business, and whatever we put out creates a dark side and a bright side, too. "

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

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

" It's unfathomable how you live without your mother. "

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

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

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