Dawn Steel Quotes
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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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It wasn't until I saw 'Rocky' that I realized movies could affect people beyond mere entertainment.
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If the doors are going to close on me, it's a little late.
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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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Some friends of mine had parents who made school a treat, a gift - not something to be endured.
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If I can do it, anyone can do it.
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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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It's unfathomable how you live without your mother.
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That's my proudest accomplishment: that I don't feel like a grown-up.
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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 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.
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An epic is the canvas Brian DePalma paints on.
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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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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.
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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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If you can market smut and toilet paper, you can market movies.
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I wanted to be respected by filmmakers, and why should they respect me if they saw that my superiors did not treat me with respect.
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People on the lower rungs are more vulnerable to sexual harassment than those at the top.
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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.
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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.
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When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should.
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We have to make some movies we have passion for, respect for.
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It's about passion, and if somebody is passionate about a development deal, they're going to get it made.
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Some children's music is aimed just at kids, and it can be very childlike.