Sherry Lansing
Sherry Lansing
Sherry Lansingis an American former actress and film studio executive. She is a former CEO of Paramount Pictures, and when she was the president of production at 20th Century Fox, she was the first woman to head a Hollywood movie studio. In 1996, she became the first woman to be named Pioneer of the Year by the Foundation of the Motion Picture Pioneers, and she was the first female movie studio head to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk...
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth31 July 1944
CityChicago, IL
Sherry Lansing quotes about
dream ending nice stuff
I had a very nice ending (with) all that stuff you dream about.
achieve business cared chapter dreams giving lucky third
I always thought if I was lucky enough to achieve the dreams I had in the movie business ... and to be economically secure, that I wanted to give back. I wanted to have a third chapter that was about giving back and about the things I cared about, and also I wanted to have fun.
being-yourself business important
The single most important thing you can do in business is to be yourself.
perseverance thinking make-you-think
If you don't wake up with something in your stomach every day that makes you think, "I want to make this movie," it'll never get made.
successful differences sticks
The major difference I've found between the highly successful and the least successful is that the highly successful stick to it. They have staying power. Everybody fails. Everybody takes his knocks, but the highly successful keep coming back.
retirement past two
I left Paramount at the ripe young age of sixty. A generation ago, that would have been retirement age. But my generation has more energy, more drive, and a greater life expectancy than any group of retirees before us. We are going to be here for two decades or more past 'retirement' age and we want to do something relevant in the so-called third act of our lives.
great hoping incredible support
When you have a great actor, you really want to support them and you want to support them with an incredible campaign. I am hoping for a lot of ties.