In the middle of Beaches there's a scene from the "Laverne & Shirley" TV show so they see some history of my work in each film.

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.

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.

Learn to work with people you wouldn't go to lunch with.

My mother worked all of her life, she was a dance teacher and I also noticed, to be honest, that most of the male directors wanted to blow things up so there was like an open area for somebody who wanted to direct women movies, chick flicks, whatever you... I don't call them chick flicks.

I dont sit well. I like to move around as I talk.

I grew up with two sisters, no brothers. There was Ronny who produced "Happy Days" for me and my sister Penny who acts, directs - she does everything. So they were very strong women in my life.