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People would ask for my autograph because they had never seen a woman behind the camera before.
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Not many people know 'Hellblazer.'
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The cinematic universe will not worry about 'Legion.' They will not worry about these TV worlds at all.
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I've been very fortunate, but it also never occurred to me that I couldn't do something or that I couldn't ask if I could try something.
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Dick understands what I go through. He understands the difficulty and the brutality of the business.
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I'm obsessed with 'Peaky Blinders.' Those characters are awful, and yet you root for them. You love them! Same with 'Breaking Bad.'
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Producing is figuring out how to make each character have a distinct voice, how to make the story twist and turn - that's the biggest challenge.
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Don't take rejection personally.
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I think people really don't understand what a producer does versus what a director does. I mean, the producer is often the person that is on the movie the longest - it's their material that they are then bringing the director onto to bring it to the screen. Are we overlooked? Absolutely.
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We love 'X-Force.' It allows us to be a little grittier.
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I feel fortunate every day I'm in this business. No matter how hard it is, no matter how ruthless some people are, I was born to do this; I was born for movies.
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You have to have somebody to root for. I truly believe that's how you ground a movie. You ground them in the characters.
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The first writer I developed a script with was John Hughes, and that was 'Mr. Mom.' That was my first feature film.
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I personally have close ties to Marvel because of Kevin Feige, because Kevin worked for me.
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I didn't tell anyone I had lupus for many, many years, and I didn't tell anyone I had cancer. I was afraid no one would hire me, and I also felt it was deeply personal. It was nobody's business. Now, of course, my feelings have changed.
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I grew up outside Cleveland, Ohio, and I went to college at Boston University. I majored in film. Then I came out to Los Angeles.
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For me, I think Bob Iger is one of the smartest men in the country.
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The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters.
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