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.
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 ObstNo single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.
Lynda Obstnerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping.
Lynda ObstOne 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.
Lynda Obst