Quotes from Tamra Davis

Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.

A school morning is usually a pretty hectic time in any household.

I understand that in some families both parents have to work, so the kids are home alone eating more processed foods. But if the kids know how to make oatmeal or eggs in the morning or pasta or a lentil soup at night - we're giving them real survival tools.

A mom can't afford to be sick.

I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.

I love mentoring young filmmakers and girl filmmakers.

Many classrooms are overcrowded, and splitting the class into smaller groups gives the children more one on one attention.

I am so inspired by new media.

Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important.

I came up with this statistic that if a kid makes something himself, he's 90 to 95% likely to try it. And of course, then, if it's good, he'll eat it!

Many of the stranger but most frequently quoted scenes in 'Billy Madison' were unplanned.

Having someone cook all your meals is the best vacation ever!

Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.

There's no continuity in videos... you can jump around all over the place. In features, you can't throw in a close-up of a musician stomping on a guitar - you have to film a scene.

I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.

I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.

My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.