Ego problems are endemic in every walk of life, but in the movie business egomaniacs are megalomaniacs.
Lynda ObstEvery single one of us who has been a Woman in Film for more than five minutes is sick of the phrase Women in Film.
Lynda ObstIt is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster.
Lynda ObstI 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.
Lynda ObstTrue power is invisible and impeccable, like good taste. It is never clumsy or artless. Powerful people whisper, suggest, seduce, in order to coerce. They only use volume for effect. This is how you can tell a blowhard from a mogul. ... Most powerful people don't need to coerce; their mere presence is coercive.
Lynda Obst