Dawn Steel Quotes
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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'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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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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When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should.
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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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I wouldn't want anyone to think that work is the major thing in my life.
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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.
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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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You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval.
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I had an obsession with underarm shields - pointy ones, round ones, full ones, half ones.
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The more I can stay on the creative side, the happier I am.
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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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Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you.
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I don't want my child to have unhealthy values.
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I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity.
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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 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 felt that if I shared the lessons that I learned - both the good ones and the bad ones - that I might make the climb a little less painful for other women.
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A really hard lesson to learn is that most of the time, it's not about you.
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Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived.
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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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I love stories about underdogs.
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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.