Lynda Obst
Lynda Obst
Lynda Rosen Obstis an American feature film producer and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth14 April 1950
CountryUnited States of America
powerful order true-power
True power is invisible and impeccable, like good taste. It is never clumsy or artless. Powerful people whisper, suggest, seduce, in order to coerce. They only use volume for effect. This is how you can tell a blowhard from a mogul. ... Most powerful people don't need to coerce; their mere presence is coercive.
perseverance lines madness
There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.
movie rooms stills
with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?
power information tents
Information is currency. ... Power is a place as well as a verb; it is inside the information tent.
movie becoming-one sight
My goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had to learn to recognize the insidious nature of the beast without becoming one.
moving thinking keys
The key to moving a maybe to a yes is to make the buyer feel as though other buyers have already said yes. ... It helps if it's true, but it never is. No one wants to be the first yes. Why is this? I don't know, but I think it's anthropological.
relax way paradox
The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.
work trouble infusion
What turns a work crisis into a life crisis is the infusion of dread.
movie hollywood youth
[On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.
movie new-york crazy
My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).
earthquakes champion tears
Like the tectonic plate it sits upon, Hollywood is subject to seismic jolts and constant tremors. Each season erupts with a new champion, and every so often a genuine earthquake will tear down the apparently secure infrastructure.
hollywood remember rich
Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.
courage hands nerves
nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping.
self knows impediments
Self-love knows no impediment.