Penny Marshall

“I wasn't like a girly girl. I was a tomboy.”

“We all used to collect baseball cards that came with bubble gum. You could never get the smell of gum off your cards, but you kept your Yankees cards pristine.”

“I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.”

“It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I know how to work around certain things.”

“I have a grandson who is 20. He's a computer guy. I'm worried that he can't communicate without his machine. They have no personal contact with people. That's the bad part of technology.”

“I don't know one lens from another. That's not my job. It's the cinematographer's job. But I can talk to people.”

“I don't mind if somebody texts me but I'm not a big texter, the things are too small. I don't mind if they text, '7 o'clock,' that's fine, that's logistics but, 'What's up?' Get real! Pick up a phone!”

“I've directed seven movies and know a thing or two about dealing with unexpected crises.”

“Yankee Stadium was the only thing we had in the Bronx. It was an institution.”

“I was born and raised in the Bronx and my grandfather and my brother Garry were huge Yankees fans. One of my first memories is of them listening to a game on the radio and screaming at the radio. My brother would cry when they lost, and when I was really little, I didn't know why he was crying.”

“I want you to laugh and cry. That's what I do.”

“I think everyone's mother is slightly nuts.”

“I do feel it's important to entertain people. I try to.”

“Movie stars are insecure like everyone else. That's why they go into acting!”

“If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.”

“You need to see what the actor needs. This one wants to be talked to privately. That one doesn't mind if you block it for them. Just tell me the truth and I'll adapt to it.”

“I don't startle easily.”

“I would much rather feel comfortable and feel beautiful, than to feel uncomfortable, but look fantastic.”

“I tell stories so only the independents do that and they don't pay you that much. I'd rather do TV or an HBO movie.”

“I'm not the most positive person.”