Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Ego problems are endemic in every walk of life, but in the movie business egomaniacs are megalomaniacs.
Lynda Obst
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Lynda Obst
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: April 14
Film Producer
Writer
New York City
New York
Life
Hollywood
Walk
Problems
Walks
Movie
Megalomaniacs
Business
Endemic
Problem
Egomaniacs
Every
Ego
More quotes by Lynda Obst
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.
Lynda Obst
Every 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 Obst
There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.
Lynda Obst
The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelows thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.
Lynda Obst
In most fields of endeavor there are no easy jobs there are only graceful ways of performing difficult ones.
Lynda Obst
My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).
Lynda Obst
[On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.
Lynda Obst
True power is invisible and impeccable, like good taste. It is never clumsy or artless. Powerful people whisper, suggest, seduce, in order to coerce. They only use volume for effect. This is how you can tell a blowhard from a mogul. ... Most powerful people don't need to coerce their mere presence is coercive.
Lynda Obst
Like the tectonic plate it sits upon, Hollywood is subject to seismic jolts and constant tremors. Each season erupts with a new champion, and every so often a genuine earthquake will tear down the apparently secure infrastructure.
Lynda Obst
Self-love knows no impediment.
Lynda Obst
My goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had to learn to recognize the insidious nature of the beast without becoming one.
Lynda Obst
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 Obst
No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.
Lynda Obst
One 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
with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?
Lynda Obst
The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.
Lynda Obst
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.
Lynda Obst
