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… — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
In most fields of endeavor there are no easy jobs; there are only graceful ways of performing difficult ones. — Lynda Obst Copy Share
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 Copy Share
with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business? — Lynda Obst Copy Share
Love and friendship, two of life's abiding rewards, are endangered species in Hollywood. People crave both, mistaking alliance for friendship, lust for love, and… — Lynda Obst Copy Share
Ego problems are endemic in every walk of life, but in the movie business egomaniacs are megalomaniacs. — Lynda Obst Copy Share
I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actor's always an actor until he does a movie-star… — Lynda Obst Copy Share
Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers, but we… — Lynda Obst Copy Share
Information is currency. ... Power is a place as well as a verb; it is inside the information tent. — Lynda Obst Copy Share
To whom one reports is a unit of measure. It measures the exact distance between the player and the center of power. It is… — Lynda Obst Copy Share
The first thing you notice about women in Hollywood, besides their low percentage of body fat, is how few are married. And the number… — Lynda Obst Copy Share
One of our jobs is to keep women working, which we do by keeping women coming to the movies. And doing that means making… — Lynda Obst Copy Share
Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich. — Lynda Obst Copy Share
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… — Lynda Obst Copy Share
