In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.

Get over the feeling that the two words don’t go together - women and power. The fact is, if we don’t put the two together, and don’t understand how power changes complexion in the hands of women, then we’re not going to make it.

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing 9 to 5 was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it’s so rarely in the hands of women.

Someone once said that under the bell jar of compliance, the only thing that blooms is rage.

When you think you can't do any more repetitions, do two more.

Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.

Getting fit is a political act - you are taking charge of your life.