A biography for Diane Lanehasn’t been written yet.
“For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract.”
“It's rare that you get to have a lovely time of it and you're not just portraying endless trauma on film.”
“I've always been a daddy's girl, and that's served me well in life; most of my directors have been male.”
“Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But that gray area where people abide, between their ears or on the Internet, needs to be fleshed out more in terms of permission granted.”
“I believe that the female perspective is a very healing and circumspect one, and we have a right to equal voice.”
“But I do love horses. They are such an expression of joy.”
“I don't have a game plan. I never did, and it's too late to have one even if I wanted to.”
“I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art.”
“I don't really know how to relate to a long-term day-in day-out kind of comfortable relationship.”
“Things hurt me just as much as anyone else. My insecurities, failures. I'm vulnerable to comparisons.”
“Every film is its own experience, its own planet, its own family. It seems infinite when you're working on it, and then it's suddenly very finite, and it's done.”
“I love my work, but there is no price you can put on what you miss when you are away from your kids.”
“I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.”
“Imagine if somebody said your nose is too big or your ears stick out. For me, it was my neck was too short. It stuck with me all my life.”
“You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you.”
“Well, I didn't really admit that I anywhere until my daughter started school and I knew I couldn't pull up and leave when I felt like it.”
“Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong.”
“I was the only kid in Manhattan I knew whose parents had a car.”
“I think, certainly, directing is a visual medium, but it's also about communication, and a lot of times, great directors are lacking in communication skills, which is rather shocking to discover that.”
“Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in.”