with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

The key to moving a maybe to a yes is to make the buyer feel as though other buyers have already said yes. ... It helps if it's true, but it never is. No one wants to be the first yes. Why is this? I don't know, but I think it's anthropological.

In most fields of endeavor there are no easy jobs; there are only graceful ways of performing difficult ones.

with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).

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.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.