Sherry Lansing

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…

— Sherry Lansing

Success has many ways of coming to you. Sometimes it comes right away, and then the film's instantly forgotten. Sometimes you can't…

— Sherry Lansing

My mother, because of her life, had almost a contradictory way of viewing life. She had this great zest and joy for…

— Sherry Lansing

When you rule in a culture of fear, you're not getting the best out of people.

— Sherry Lansing

We do share with my mother what I would refer to as an anxiety gene. And I think it is genetic, that…

— Sherry Lansing

My advice to everybody - never give up and have great resiliency. Don't take the rejection personally, but listen if it’s intelligent…

— Sherry Lansing

The major difference I've found between the highly successful and the least successful is that the highly successful stick to it. They…

— Sherry Lansing

I felt like a fake the whole time and it made me very, very nervous - which is why I have such…

— Sherry Lansing

I left Paramount at the ripe young age of sixty. A generation ago, that would have been retirement age. But my generation…

— Sherry Lansing

This will sound like I grew up on another planet, except for those people who are past 55, 60 maybe. When I…

— Sherry Lansing

To me, education is the way out of poverty. And it is the only way.

— Sherry Lansing

The single most important thing you can do in business is to be yourself.

— Sherry Lansing

There's a Harvard Business School thing that says, 'Every 10 years you should replant yourself,' and the only way to keep young…

— Sherry Lansing

If you don't wake up with something in your stomach every day that makes you think, "I want to make this movie,"…

— Sherry Lansing

There are many qualities of a great leader. Passion is one, empathy is another, listening is another, decisiveness is another. I think…

— Sherry Lansing

I felt, if I never did anything in my life but read scripts and synopsize them, I would be happy.

— Sherry Lansing

We are all forever a work in progress. I mean, that is the truth. You are forever in your whole life a…

— Sherry Lansing

My father died at 42, of a heart attack. My mother was 32 then. She never wanted to be a victim. And…

— Sherry Lansing

I think, when I started to become successful in the movie business, my mother was very, very worried. She thought no one…

— Sherry Lansing

Acting is one of the professions I most respect because if you tried something and you can't do it and you thought…

— Sherry Lansing

Listen, be respectful of others' opinions, be willing to change your mind - and then ultimately you have to make the decision.…

— Sherry Lansing

The movie business was changing, I didn't want to turn 60 in the job. I picked 60 as an age where you…

— Sherry Lansing

We have many dreams and many different chapters in life and I think life is about chapters. For me, from the time…

— Sherry Lansing

Two things were falling apart, my personal life, my professional life. And I realized that all those things were supposed to make…

— Sherry Lansing

Everybody has to find it whatever helps. Religion is very helpful for people. A good friend is very helpful. A priest is…

— Sherry Lansing