I think it holds up pretty good because more and more women are coming to the forefront in all areas, and back then they said that nobody would care about women's friendship.

I think I learned a lot on Beaches. A guy I worked with Dante Spinotti is a wonderful cinematographer and it was his first picture and he went on to be nominated for an Academy Award for "LA Confidential" which was great.

I like to get up in the morning and see people.

I work with a lot of women and yeah I see totally different... My two sisters were different, I have two daughters that are pretty different.

He convinced me - Fred Freeman - to go to Hollywood and we went to Hollywood to write sitcoms. Joey Bishop actually paid my way to Hollywood.

Never underestimate the power of your sister.

Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing