People love to talk about how the '70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated people. But in the '80s, they got away with some of those too.
Elisabeth ShueMy mom had started to go to work when I was nine or ten, so I was aware of women trying to find their own identities by working. But I was still influenced by men to such an extreme. I wanted to play their games and wanted to compete in their world and be like them.
Elisabeth ShueI have worked with another first-time director who was not that open, and it was probably one of the worst experiences I ever had, so my antennas are really out.
Elisabeth Shue