I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

Being a working mother means that you are always disappointing somebody.

[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.

I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.

Oh, I'm so inadequate. And I love myself!.

And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.

People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.