Donna Langley

Failure is a great learning tool. ”

I think that women are uniquely suited to the job of directing, and I've seen it firsthand. ”

The world is not such a large place, and we have more in common with one another than we might think. ”

In my own experience, when we have an open directing assignment of any kind, not just the big films, I would say it is the exception, not the rule, that there is a woman in the group of directors that we are interviewing. I think that's from the pool being so small. ”

We live in a big world. We are citizens of the world, and we make movies for everybody around the world. I think it's very important to understand what people's life experiences, good and bad, are. ”

Real power is having the ability and the resources to tell an amazing story or to say 'yes' to a filmmaker and change not only the filmmaker's life but the world. ”

Before I moved to the Isle of Wight, I lived in the suburbs of London and saw 'Fantasia,' and it scared the living daylights out of me. And I didn't go back to the movies until many years later to see a Lasse Hallstrom film. ”

What I look for in a director is a strong point of view, a clear vision, and an ability to multitask and make decisions on the fly. ”

Directing is a rarefied business. And you see very few women pass that Rubicon. ”

Our job is to make films that are inherently global and can really stand up to the audience litmus test of, 'Is it worth getting in my car, spending the money, and going to the theater?' ”