We manufacture a culture in the movie business, and whatever we put out creates a dark side and a bright side, too.
From Dawn Steel
It hurt me deeply, this reputation as tough, hard, mean.
In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day.
I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity.
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.
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.
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.
That's my proudest accomplishment: that I don't feel like a grown-up.
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?
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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