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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.
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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.
Dawn Steel
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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.
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You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval.
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The more I can stay on the creative side, the happier I am.
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I was trained to be loud, passionate, direct. I didn't realize for the longest time I was intimidating.
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We have to make some movies we have passion for, respect for.
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I had an obsession with underarm shields - pointy ones, round ones, full ones, half ones.
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I wouldn't want anyone to think that work is the major thing in my life.
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Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you.
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I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity.
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I'm tired of being the bad guy all the time, saying 'no' to people I like.
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I don't want my child to have unhealthy values.
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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.
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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 love stories about underdogs.
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I started with nothing. Less than nothing.
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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?
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I hate management. I hate management. I just do.
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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.
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I think exciting sexuality is part of the fantasy, part of the entertainment of a love story.
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I felt more comfortable in TV than in the film world where the players were more erudite and intellectual.
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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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I think women's relationships with other women are very complicated and depend on their relationships with their mothers. Mine was fraught with problems. So I didn't necessarily trust women for a long time.
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