I think, when I started to become successful in the movie business, my mother was very, very worried. She thought no one would want to marry me and she thought that was the most important thing. And she thought that… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
I see the joy in life and I see the joy in simple things. I over-compliment. I over-praise. I over-express my feelings toward people… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
Success has many ways of coming to you. Sometimes it comes right away, and then the film's instantly forgotten. Sometimes you can't remember what… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
My mother, because of her life, had almost a contradictory way of viewing life. She had this great zest and joy for life and… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
When you rule in a culture of fear, you're not getting the best out of people. — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
We do share with my mother what I would refer to as an anxiety gene. And I think it is genetic, that I worry… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
My advice to everybody - never give up and have great resiliency. Don't take the rejection personally, but listen if it’s intelligent and make… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
The major difference I've found between the highly successful and the least successful is that the highly successful stick to it. They have staying… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
I felt like a fake the whole time and it made me very, very nervous - which is why I have such great respect… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
I left Paramount at the ripe young age of sixty. A generation ago, that would have been retirement age. But my generation has more… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
This will sound like I grew up on another planet, except for those people who are past 55, 60 maybe. When I was growing… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
To me, education is the way out of poverty. And it is the only way. — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
The single most important thing you can do in business is to be yourself. — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
There's a Harvard Business School thing that says, 'Every 10 years you should replant yourself,' and the only way to keep young is to… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
If you don't wake up with something in your stomach every day that makes you think, "I want to make this movie," it'll never… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
There are many qualities of a great leader. Passion is one, empathy is another, listening is another, decisiveness is another. I think a great… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
