Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.

One of our jobs is to keep women working, which we do by keeping women coming to the movies. And doing that means making good, smart, often funny movies that women can identify with-with terrific dialogue we all remember and cherish, and stories that illuminate our lives and decisions and turning points.

Everything can be undone, including success.

Like the tectonic plate it sits upon, Hollywood is subject to seismic jolts and constant tremors. Each season erupts with a new champion, and every so often a genuine earthquake will tear down the apparently secure infrastructure.

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

When I was starting out, the first women studio heads and writers were just getting into their perches - development execs learning their chops.

Every single one of us who has been a Woman in Film for more than five minutes is sick of the phrase Women in Film.