Lynda Obst

Self-love knows no impediment.

— Lynda Obst

[On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.

— Lynda Obst

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

— Lynda Obst

Everything can be undone, including success.

— Lynda Obst

Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.

— Lynda Obst

Like the color black, business mixed with anything turns to business.

— Lynda Obst

Information is currency. ... Power is a place as well as a verb; it is inside the information tent.

— Lynda Obst

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

— Lynda Obst

Ego problems are endemic in every walk of life, but in the movie business egomaniacs are megalomaniacs.

— Lynda Obst

In most fields of endeavor there are no easy jobs; there are only graceful ways of performing difficult ones.

— Lynda Obst

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

— Lynda Obst

Breakthroughs, in art, in culture, in personality, come when tackling the unexpected.

— 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…

— 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…

— Lynda Obst

Like the tectonic plate it sits upon, Hollywood is subject to seismic jolts and constant tremors. Each season erupts with a new…

— 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

My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are),…

— Lynda Obst

Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers,…

— Lynda Obst

My goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had…

— Lynda Obst

The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.

— Lynda Obst

The key to moving a maybe to a yes is to make the buyer feel as though other buyers have already said…

— Lynda Obst

The first thing you notice about women in Hollywood, besides their low percentage of body fat, is how few are married. And…

— Lynda Obst

One of our jobs is to keep women working, which we do by keeping women coming to the movies. And doing that…

— Lynda Obst

True power is invisible and impeccable, like good taste. It is never clumsy or artless. Powerful people whisper, suggest, seduce, in order…

— Lynda Obst

To whom one reports is a unit of measure. It measures the exact distance between the player and the center of power.…

— Lynda Obst

It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster.

— Lynda Obst

Every single one of us who has been a 'Woman in Film' for more than five minutes is sick of the phrase…

— Lynda Obst

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

— Lynda Obst

Love and friendship, two of life's abiding rewards, are endangered species in Hollywood. People crave both, mistaking alliance for friendship, lust for…

— Lynda Obst

The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be…

— Lynda Obst

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actor's always an actor until he does…

— Lynda Obst

When I was starting out, the first women studio heads and writers were just getting into their perches - development execs learning…

— Lynda Obst