They are sprung from the same DNA , for God's sake. They are always onstage. They are always performing. |
This is not a get-even book. There may be three or four people I vent a little spleen on, but it takes too much energy to be vengeful or hateful. |
This system has lasted 32 years, |
This was about contributing Hollywood's creative imagination and their persuasion skills to help in this war effort so that one day Americans can lead normal lives again, |
To endure in a volatile, unpredictable arena populated by egos the size of small planets is not an inconsiderable achievement, |
To have something happen that never before in our history have we ever borne witness to or imagined, that hits very deep in the entrails of this country. |
to tell us what kind of movies to make. |
We want to tell American parents that they and they alone have total power to control every hour of television programming that comes into their home. |
We're hard at work trying to make parents better understand that they have total control today over what individual programs they allow into their homes. We want to show a closer rapport between the TV ratings system and the movie ratings system. |
When people make up invitation lists, they are in the top 10. |
wipe the Karl Rove story off the front page. |
Yet one thing has not changed, ... A moviemaker's single indispensable asset -- as elementally essential now as it was in the Golden Years -- is the Story. And that means studio executives of this era must share the same DNA as industry pioneers in at least one particular -- the ability to find a narrative with heart and heat. |
you begin to torment and torture the First Amendment. |
You cannot win against an insurgency that springs from the population. There's never been an insurgency that doesn't prevail against a mighty power. |