nerve, 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.

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

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.

No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.

What turns a work crisis into a life crisis is the infusion of dread.

Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers, but we are not directors in any numbers.

The first thing you notice about women in Hollywood, besides their low percentage of body fat, is how few are married. And the number of great-looking, successful single women without a social life is staggering. ... The most glaring misconception about Hollywood is that it is the romance capital of the world.