Quotes from Dede Gardner

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

Everyone has a salary. Everyone has hopes and dreams for where they can invest their money. Everyone wants to do the best they can with it, and they don't want to be subjected to any sort of predatory lending.

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.

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

There are not grades of racism. There's racism.

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.

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

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.

I am pretty much a nerd, and I love to read.

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.

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