I describe myself as someone who was always putting on a show, even when I was a little girl. I wanted to be an actress but I liked organizing everybody and putting on plays. I was a producer. — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
In my world, the hero always defeats the villain, the boy always gets the girl, and cancer is no more, — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
What's great about making movies is the sort of additive process of bringing people together and having an idea and watching the idea be… — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
I describe myself as someone who was always putting on a show, even when I was a little girl. I wanted to be an… — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
In my world, the hero always defeats the villain, the boy always gets the girl, and cancer is no more, — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
When I was diagnosed I didn't know how epidemic cancer was. You find out that everybody you know is touched by this disease. — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
I had very few skills. If I hadn't been a producer I'd been a failed actor. That would have been really disastrous. — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
In some ways, the most rewarding thing I've done were the two times that I did the Oscars, particularly the first time because it… — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
Movies are arguably the most influential, important medium in the world. They have a tremendous cultural impact. Because women are now making movies, then… — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
I think being a producer makes you a problem solver, so you kind of go, "Well there's a problem. What do we do? How… — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
I think it's hard for women to be directors, particularly in the feature world because, biologically, your peak career-making years are also your peak… — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
