"They didn’t know anyone."

"They didn’t have any clout. But I thought that they were talented and I thought, Boy, I’d like to see their work."

"When I first started out doing this, it wasn’t consciously just to open up things."

"I do know that I’m pleased every time I see some area opening up."

"Whether it’s in front of the camera or behind the camera."

"If you had to classify me as a personality type, I’m more of a producer."

"I came from a family of nine children, I was the eighth of nine."

"When you have a big group of people trying to do anything you need somebody who is very organized and very laser focu…"

"That was my role kind of in life. And so it became natural for me to become more of a film producer."

"I would talk to people who I found interesting, people who didn’t know how to break into the industry."