Glen Mazzara Quotes

I love to work. It's the idea of having someone else tell you how to make your film or how to sell it - that's the part I can't really deal with. I would rather do 1,000 things that are work than deal with one thing that's a political problem.

Twyla Tharp is not going to take orders from anyone, not even Mozart!

I never allow myself to be pressured.

Texans will not be pushed around.

All young men can relate to that moment where they have to - or, rather, attempt to - stand up to their dads with their own ideas of what they want for their own lives.

Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.

As an only child, you've got to stand up for yourself.

I've had to tell people that I'm not co-writing. I don't want to do it and that's that.

I can stand up for myself.

I always wanted to be in charge of my own career. I like having my own imprint.

No one is going to tell me I'm too small to do whatever, to do anything. That's not up to them, and I'll never give anyone that power to say that.

I've fought with everyone. And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.

The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around.

I stood up for myself as I always have done. Nobody has ever told Coco Chanel what to think.

We will not be led like sheep to the slaughter.

The one thing a creator can bring to the table when everybody else has all the money and power is centeredness and the ability to walk away. Never sit at a table you can't walk away from.

I have no regrets. I find everything happens for a reason and the reason why maybe this is happening is I won't take BS from anyone. And I think it's making me stand out on my own and be very independent and fight for what I believe in.

I think the most important thing is to, without belligerence, stand up for what want. Argue compellingly if someone tries to change your script. Yeah, legally they can if they want to. But rather than give up, as some of the writers do, and just wail about how your script got rewritten, it's much more difficult - but well within the realm of possibility - to argue very sincerely, calmly, and reasonably from your point of view, such that the director or the producer might decide, "All right, let's do it that way."

My parents [father Lenny Kravitz and Bonet] did exactly what they wanted and didn't let anyone tell them not to. Now, as women, we need to continue to do that. Especially in the age of social media, when everyone has an opinion and it's so easy to be influenced.

I did not want to be coming off the stage at the mercy of what somebody else told me I did.

I'm never argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, I don't think. And more than ever, I've had to be willing to fight just to get records released, or just to be able to walk away with a little bit of self-respect and pride.

The only thing I consciously avoid is playing the victim. I think women are portrayed as the victim in so many things, and I really like women with strength - although I feel now I may have gone overboard by playing so many strong, sassy women.

They've been stepping on my toes for years. It's just a reason to get new boots.

I think the most important thing is to, without belligerence, stand up for what want. Argue compellingly if someone tries to change your script.

But no one can predict of a certainty what will happen. And none of it will change how I intend to spend the rest of my life. I will live it on my terms. And you... you can have all of me or nothing. I won't be an invalid any longer. Not even if it means losing you.