Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see. ”

I thought I wanted to be a pediatrician because, as a second job, my mother would clean up a pediatrician's office. So I was like, 'Oh, OK, baby doctor.' Until I got to college, and all the courses of science with the blood, guts and cadavers? I was like, 'Mm, no.' ”

I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script. ”

Just put the best person into the job. ”

I always say that my job is not to think about today. My job is to look around the corner and feel and see what's coming, and then warn everybody else. ”

I'm not shy, but I have a job to do. I don't need the notoriety. ”

Whether it's countries or companies, it's about putting the best person in the job who can unite people and create value. ”

Unless I can come in in the morning and smile, walk in the lobby and say, 'Good morning!' - if I am stressed - I am not going to do a good job. Everybody is watching us. They are feeding off of our energy. ”

It is one of the most important parts of my job, showing that you can't do it all. ”

You're going to see relationships with technology across anything that's brand. I don't care if that's in home or what you wear. I just think it's a new fact of life. ”