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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If the doors are going to close on me, it's a little late.
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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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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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If I can do it, anyone can do it.
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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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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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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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An epic is the canvas Brian DePalma paints on.
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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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That's my proudest accomplishment: that I don't feel like a grown-up.
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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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When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should.
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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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People on the lower rungs are more vulnerable to sexual harassment than those at the top.
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It's unfathomable how you live without your mother.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.