14 Quotes by Dede Gardner

We are a very youth-driven culture, and I don't really know why because wisdom tends to come with more years, not fewer.

If you believe that movies are alive and talking back to you, there's a point at which it's very obvious they're not finished.

I got into the movie business because of 'Days of Heaven.'

I think what I do for a living is a privilege, so at the very least, I'd like to think it can be a good time.

Not to age myself, but I remember vividly 'Schoolhouse Rock!' and entrust my grammar to it.

We are being held hostage by the people we elect.

I treasure the dark hours in a theatre. But I don't think that, if a film does not reach the theatre, it is, therefore, not a film.

We have privilege in our hands as storytellers. We need to tell stories that reflect our world.

I always loved movies as a child, and I love story. I got my degree in English. Film and story seemed, to me, the vector of the movie business. I really didn't know what 'the film business' meant, but I decided I wanted to be in it.