It takes a number of different skill sets, I think, to try and be a good producer. You have to be very creative, but you also have to be incredibly f….

Just watching Chris Nolan direct was amazing. He is one of the most lovely people, which as you know doesn't always go hand-in-hand with great direct….

You want to put people together who will work well, and each movie kind of has its own personality in terms of how people are working or the temperat….

The first thing you do as a producer is you try to understand the director's vision in as deeply a way as you can. Sometimes, you end up with a direc….

I only worked on that one movie, but then quickly realized that the path of being an assistant director was not gonna get me to producing. It's a dif….

I remember somebody had said to me "What're you doing with a movie like Boiler Room? It's all men and you're a woman. You should be making romantic c….

That can be undersold, I think, the importance when you're trying to do something good is that everybody understands the director's vision, everybody….

The crazy thing is, I sent out 200 letters and I got one job interview, and I actually got that job, which was working as a development assistant at ….

The hard thing for me, and it took me many years to understand, the concept of Hollywood not being a meritocracy - I am a middle child, and as most m….

Somebody asked me, "When was the last time it was harder for you as a woman"? And I was like, "What time is it? Do you mean today?" I hate to say tha….

There's a thing about Hollywood where there are at least a couple of guys that behind closed doors and in small circles we think of as having a magic….

For me and movies - and it is kind of similar to motherhood and raising your children - I always feel like there's more you can do, and I don't know ….

I think Memento movie was hard because people didn't get it, they just didn't understand it. Not from the stage when we read the script and liked it.….

I think producing is first about understanding and finding people who understand it in the same way throughout the crew and everybody who's going to ….

The industry has changed in big ways. When I started making movies, the studios were not all owned by huge conglomerates, so the decisions were made ….

Somebody pointed out to me that there's no horror film on my resume, which is true, but I also don't really go see those movies. Although when I was ….

Even when you're casting, casting is always one of the weirdest subjective areas. You can get a group of people who would decide and say, "This perso….

The problem for me is that I just don't often come across material that speaks to me and my TV education. Before we all had DirectTV and Netflix and ….

I don't think actually that kind of ego check or "I could do better" mentality probably serves better in Hollywood, because it's definitely not a mer….