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Dawn Steel
American
Businesswoman
Born:
Aug 19
,
1946
Died:
Dec 20
,
1997
Because
Love
Me
People
Time
You
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Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you.
Dawn Steel
You
Integrity
Up
Lack
Dishonesty
You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval.
Dawn Steel
Life
You
People
Free
Other
Approval
Until
Wanting
I have to tell you, I'm a great teacher. Ask anybody who worked for me, except some secretaries who weren't very good.
Dawn Steel
Teacher
Good
Great
Me
You
Secretaries
Tell
Some
Except
Great Teacher
Were
Very
Anybody
Ask
Worked
Who
It's unfathomable how you live without your mother.
Dawn Steel
You
Mother
Live
Without
How
Unfathomable
Your
If you can market smut and toilet paper, you can market movies.
Dawn Steel
You
Market
Paper
Movies
Toilet
Toilet Paper
People on the lower rungs are more vulnerable to sexual harassment than those at the top.
Dawn Steel
People
Top
Those
Sexual
More
Vulnerable
Than
Lower
Harassment
I just love the idea of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, whether it's the success of 'Cool Runnings,' which is the success of four guys from Jamaica who had never seen snow, or whether it's my success, just as a human being.
Dawn Steel
Success
Love
People
Human Being
Seen
Extraordinary
Extraordinary Things
Guys
Never
Had
Idea
Doing
Snow
Human
Just
Being
Jamaica
Ordinary
Whether
Which
Ordinary People
Ordinary Things
Who
Cool
Things
Four
You have to persevere, you have to just not give up, and you have to know what you want. You have to be able to see your dream.
Dawn Steel
You
Dream
See
Able
Give
Know
Up
Persevere
Just
Want
Your
Your Dream
Some children's music is aimed just at kids, and it can be very childlike.
Dawn Steel
Music
Kids
Some
Very
Just
Childlike
Children
In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day.
Dawn Steel
Day
Ways
Some
Unbelievable
Because
Accomplish
Amount
I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity.
Dawn Steel
Integrity
Think
Mary
Mary Poppins
I was so busy climbing up this ladder, staying above the water. If there was only room for one woman in a room, I wanted to be her. I'm not proud of it. I certainly don't feel that way now. It was an absolute evolution for me.
Dawn Steel
Me
Woman
Water
Ladder
Busy
Way
Evolution
Staying
Above
Only
Absolute
Feel
Proud
Climbing
Up
Wanted
Room
Certainly
Now
Her
That's my proudest accomplishment: that I don't feel like a grown-up.
Dawn Steel
Feel
Like
Proudest
Accomplishment
Grown-Up
In my family, education was something you endured. My parents weren't educated past high school, and the only book in our house was a 'Reader's Digest' condensed book. Can you imagine?
Dawn Steel
Education
Family
You
Book
School
Parents
Past
Digest
Our
High
High School
Something
Only
House
Reader
Educated
Were
Condensed
Endured
Imagine
Some friends of mine had parents who made school a treat, a gift - not something to be endured.
Dawn Steel
Treat
Gift
School
Made
Parents
Mine
Some
Something
Had
Friends
Endured
Who
I had an obsession with underarm shields - pointy ones, round ones, full ones, half ones.
Dawn Steel
Half
Had
Obsession
Full
Round
I was trained to be loud, passionate, direct. I didn't realize for the longest time I was intimidating.
Dawn Steel
Time
Intimidating
Direct
Longest
Longest Time
Passionate
Loud
Trained
Realize
I'm tired of being the bad guy all the time, saying 'no' to people I like.
Dawn Steel
Saying
Time
Tired
People
Bad
Bad Guy
Guy
Like
Being
Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived.
Dawn Steel
Money
Better
Having
Been
Than
Survived
Poor
I was the first studio executive to meet with Sean Penn after 'Taps' in 1981. I was anxious to develop things with him when nobody knew who he was.
Dawn Steel
First
Meet
Penn
Develop
He
Studio
Knew
Nobody
Executive
Him
Anxious
After
Who
Sean
Sean Penn
Things
You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.
Dawn Steel
You
Respect
Open
Tent
Between
Poles
Well
Make
Because
Up
Movie
Hold
In-Between
Sequels
Visibility is dangerous because if a guy cuts you off in traffic, you can't call him a name - it might get to the press.
Dawn Steel
You
Dangerous
Visibility
Press
Guy
Name
Call
Him
Because
Traffic
Off
Get
Might
Cuts
I react to stress badly. I handle it better these days. But I'm a very straightforward person.
Dawn Steel
Better
Stress
Badly
Days
React
Very
Handle
Person
Straightforward
I think women's relationships with other women are very complicated and depend on their relationships with their mothers. Mine was fraught with problems. So I didn't necessarily trust women for a long time.
Dawn Steel
Time
Trust
Women
Complicated
Problems
Long
Long Time
Depend
Think
Other
Relationships
Mine
Fraught
Mothers
Women Are
Very
Necessarily
The first war movie I ever saw was 'Platoon,' and I was eight months pregnant. So my husband, producer Charles Roven, wasn't sure I'd make it.
Dawn Steel
War
Husband
First
Saw
Months
Charles
Make
Sure
Eight
Movie
Pregnant
Producer
Platoon
Ever
If I can do it, anyone can do it.
Dawn Steel
Anyone
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