Dede Gardner Quotes

I am pretty much a nerd, and I love to read.

Dede Gardner

• Pretty
• Nerd

I treasure the dark hours in a theatre. But I don't think that, if a film does not reach the theatre, it is, therefore, not a film.

Dede Gardner

• Dark
• Theatre

We are a very youth-driven culture, and I don't really know why because wisdom tends to come with more years, not fewer.

Dede Gardner

• Why
• Culture
• Wisdom

I got into the movie business because of 'Days of Heaven.'

Dede Gardner

• Business
• Movie
• Heaven

A lot of movies come out and you think, 'Couldn't you have just tried a little harder?'

Dede Gardner

Everyone has a salary. Everyone has hopes and dreams for where they can invest their money. Everyone wants to do the best they can with it, and they don't want to be subjected to any sort of predatory lending.

Dede Gardner

• Money

Why tell a story that people have seen 900 times? That's not interesting artistically.

Dede Gardner

• People
• Why
• Interesting

There are not grades of racism. There's racism.

Dede Gardner

• Racism

We are being held hostage by the people we elect.

Dede Gardner

• People

I always loved movies as a child, and I love story. I got my degree in English. Film and story seemed, to me, the vector of the movie business. I really didn't know what 'the film business' meant, but I decided I wanted to be in it.

Dede Gardner

• Business
• Movie
• English

If you believe that movies are alive and talking back to you, there's a point at which it's very obvious they're not finished.

Dede Gardner

• Believe

We have privilege in our hands as storytellers. We need to tell stories that reflect our world.

Dede Gardner

• World

I think what I do for a living is a privilege, so at the very least, I'd like to think it can be a good time.

Dede Gardner

• Time
• Good

Not to age myself, but I remember vividly 'Schoolhouse Rock!' and entrust my grammar to it.

Dede Gardner

• Remember
• Age
• Rock