Executive Level Quotes

It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one.

Depending on the level you're at in your company, the higher you go up in rank, usually the longer you can dance.

There's a lack of diversity amongst executives in the position of greenlighting a film who feel that their stories are being told. If there's a diversity at the executive level, then we'll have diversity of the storytelling process.

When I started on Wall Street, there was pretty good diversity in those junior ranks. And you know what? It hasn't made it to the top.

I don't like to be involved in front-office stuff.

The further you get up the corporate ladder, the farther you get from the actual filmmaking process.

The importance of discretion increases with closeness to the top of a hierarchical organization.

There's no question that to some extent there are structural disadvantages built in, not just for women but for other minority groups who don't hold power at the executive level either at the company or in the industry. My position is not just "Oh, okay, anyone can overcome those." It's just as we work to get more women and people in minority groups at higher levels in positions of power, what are our options?