Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Dede Gardner

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American producer Dede Gardner.
Last updated on November 17, 2024.
Dede Gardner

Dorcas Wright "Dede" Gardner is an American film producer and the president of Plan B Entertainment. She is a two-time Oscar winner for 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight, the first woman to win two Oscars for Best Picture. Her films Selma, The Tree of Life, The Big Short, and Vice were additionally nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Why tell a story that people have seen 900 times? That's not interesting artistically.
Not to age myself, but I remember vividly 'Schoolhouse Rock!' and entrust my grammar to it.
I am pretty much a nerd, and I love to read. — © Dede Gardner
I am pretty much a nerd, and I love to read.
We are being held hostage by the people we elect.
We have privilege in our hands as storytellers. We need to tell stories that reflect our world.
There are not grades of racism. There's racism.
A lot of movies come out and you think, 'Couldn't you have just tried a little harder?'
I treasure the dark hours in a theatre. But I don't think that, if a film does not reach the theatre, it is, therefore, not a film.
Everyone has a salary. Everyone has hopes and dreams for where they can invest their money. Everyone wants to do the best they can with it, and they don't want to be subjected to any sort of predatory lending.
We are a very youth-driven culture, and I don't really know why because wisdom tends to come with more years, not fewer.
I always loved movies as a child, and I love story. I got my degree in English. Film and story seemed, to me, the vector of the movie business. I really didn't know what 'the film business' meant, but I decided I wanted to be in it.
I think what I do for a living is a privilege, so at the very least, I'd like to think it can be a good time.
I got into the movie business because of 'Days of Heaven.'
If you believe that movies are alive and talking back to you, there's a point at which it's very obvious they're not finished.
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