A biography for Diane Lanehasn’t been written yet.
“We live our whole lives, and in our dying moment, we have to ask ourselves, 'What did we really care about? What impact did we make on the world?' The older I get, the more I realize the answers have to do with how we affect and love the people around us.”
“Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.”
“It's wonderful being the underdog.”
“I can tell you that, you know, when I went to my first movie premiere, it was my own movie, and I wore the best jeans I had and my favorite top. You know, I made sure my hair had some wave in it because I braided it the night before myself.”
“I wish I could always look like I've just finished a really good laugh.”
“It's nice to have a pause to parent and to be more present at home, teaching them how to drive cars and navigate boys and all this sort of thing.”
“I like someone who's suffered from both sides.”
“If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have.”
“In five years, I had done 13 films, which I think broke Elvis's record.”
“I rehearsed 50. I kind of stared at it a long time. I wasn't going to let it terrify me.”
“All I know is it was incredible watching Robert Downey Jr. bring Chaplin to life. Talk about weight-lifting!”
“Some days I want to get the boob job, some days I want to get the eye lift. Then other days, I'm like, 'Absolutely not! Have some integrity!'... But it's all about what makes you happy.”
“You have to realize, making movies is the weirdest thing you could ever do. It's a contrivance, but you're attempting to reach people's hearts in the dark, and there are so many factors that are out of your control.”
“I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world.”
“I was really fortunate that I was not in 'successful movies' when I was younger, because whatever's given, there's an undertow that wants to take it away.”
“I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen.”
“More yoga in the world is what we need.”
“I've heard stories of people, even celebrities that have gone online, pretended to be someone they weren't, and conducted a 5-year friendship via e-mail. Then, they got married because they really love each other from all that communication.”
“When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time.”
“A lot can change in the editing room.”