A biography for Dawn Steelhasn’t been written yet.
“Working together is the quickest road to marital problems.”
“Foreign revenues are tremendously important, but foreign audiences are dying for American movies, not for films they could make themselves.”
“You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.”
“You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval.”
“I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity.”
“You have to persevere, you have to just not give up, and you have to know what you want. You have to be able to see your dream.”
“I'm tired of being the bad guy all the time, saying 'no' to people I like.”
“If you can market smut and toilet paper, you can market movies.”
“I started with nothing. Less than nothing.”
“When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should.”
“It wasn't until I saw 'Rocky' that I realized movies could affect people beyond mere entertainment.”
“Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived.”
“There's no training for the business, no credentials necessary to enter... It's all about entrepreneurs, innate street intelligence, and instincts. It's a business which encourages people with dreams. That's the essence of Hollywood.”
“I wanted to be respected by filmmakers, and why should they respect me if they saw that my superiors did not treat me with respect.”
“I felt that if I shared the lessons that I learned - both the good ones and the bad ones - that I might make the climb a little less painful for other women.”
“I don't want my child to have unhealthy values.”
“The more I can stay on the creative side, the happier I am.”