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"Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!"

"No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference."

"It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before."
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"When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism."

"Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding."

"I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive."

"On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously."

"If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies."

"Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before."

"One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War."

"Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs."

"When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director."
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