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.

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.

Breakthroughs, in art, in culture, in personality, come when tackling the unexpected.

Information is currency. ... Power is a place as well as a verb; it is inside the information tent.

It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster.

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.