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

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

— 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