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 Copy Share Image
No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success. — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster. — 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 Image
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 Image
with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business? — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
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 Image
Ego problems are endemic in every walk of life, but in the movie business egomaniacs are megalomaniacs. — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Information is currency. ... Power is a place as well as a verb; it is inside the information tent. — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
