“Be serious. You've got to do the job you were hired to do well, but there's alwa…” — Stacey Snider

I have always felt that my career was not going to be a straight shot up, but more of a kind of rolling wave, so that I could raise my children. So I got pregnant when I was the head of production at a studio, and I became chairperson at a bigger studio when I was pregnant with my second daughter. You just do it!

One day I was asked to pick up $50,000 worth of gold chains for Mr. T. For real!

Don't be limited by your job description.

You have to have a strong idea for a hit movie, a strong core idea that resonates emotionally. It also has to technically achieve its goal - it's got to be well-written, well-paced, and interestingly told.