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The thematic core of 'X-Men' is tolerance. It's that for those of us who are different in any way - in a big way, whether it's you're a minority, you're a woman, you're a Muslim, you are suppressed or marginalized - it can go the whole spectrum - but even if you are shy or you feel like an outsider - and X-Men are outsiders.

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Woman, Big, Muslim, Marginalized

I'm obsessed with 'Peaky Blinders.' Those characters are awful, and yet you root for them. You love them! Same with 'Breaking Bad.'

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Love, Bad, Obsessed, Breaking Bad

People would ask for my autograph because they had never seen a woman behind the camera before.

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Woman, Behind, Before, Autograph

I wanted to tell people you can live a full life, even if you're not feeling well.

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People, Feeling, Tell, Full Life

When I first set out to make movies, that's what I thought I was going to do - make movies that mean something. And each movie had its own message, some stronger than others. Even 'X-Men' has its own message of tolerance.

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Thought, Some, Set, Tolerance

I think people really don't understand what a producer does versus what a director does. I mean, the producer is often the person that is on the movie the longest - it's their material that they are then bringing the director onto to bring it to the screen. Are we overlooked? Absolutely.

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Movie, I Think, Longest, Versus

The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters.

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Doing, Features, Characters, Versus

Producing is figuring out how to make each character have a distinct voice, how to make the story twist and turn - that's the biggest challenge.

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Voice, Turn, Distinct, Twist

The first two actors we cast were Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Because we started so highbrow, we were able to get anyone. Plus, some of these people have children, and their kids love 'X-Men.' They'll do it because of them - that's our little extra ace in the hole.

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Love, Some, Ace, X-Men

I love to say that what's great about 'Legion' is that if you haven't read a comic book and you haven't seen an 'X-Men' movie, you can come in and understand it - and this can be your comic.

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Love, Movie, Read, X-Men

My mandate to myself since I've been involved in these movies was 'make every single movie different, so there's never 'X-Men' fatigue.'

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Movie, Been, Mandate, X-Men

I'm a huge fan, and I didn't grow up with it, I didn't grow up reading 'X-Men' comics. I became a huge fan; I had somebody in my company who gave me the biographies of all the characters. I read Logan's first and was like, 'What a great, tragic character.' I just loved him.

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Biographies, Became, Comics, X-Men

I would say that the first 'X-Men' was the hardest. It took us a long time to get it going.

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Say, Going, Took, X-Men

I stayed in the East for about a year after I graduated. Then, I came out to Los Angeles and started knocking on doors and working my way up. This was the '70s. I had been told how tough it was for a woman trying to make it in Hollywood, but I sort of had blinders on. I just did things anyway.

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Woman, Hollywood, Been, Blinders

I really liked 'Walk The Line,' and I really liked 'Girl Interrupted,' and I really liked '3:10 To Yuma.'

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Girl, Line, Really, Interrupted

I grew up outside Cleveland, Ohio, and I went to college at Boston University. I majored in film. Then I came out to Los Angeles.

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College, Boston, Angeles, Cleveland

People would congratulate Dick for my movies. It bothered me for a long, long time.

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Movies, Long Time, Would, Congratulate

The first movie I produced was a movie that Joel Schumacher wrote and directed called 'Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill.'

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Movie, Directed, Wrote, Produced

Dick understands what I go through. He understands the difficulty and the brutality of the business.

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Go, Through, Difficulty, Brutality

I was attracted to the comics because of the characters and, particularly, Wolverine because he is so complex. He is so damaged and tragic in many ways - he doesn't have his memory. His body was invaded. He has unrequited love for Jean Grey.

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Love, Memory, Wolverine, Unrequited

I like having an idea, or hearing an idea, and getting it into a proper script.

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Like, Getting, Having, Hearing

For me, I think Bob Iger is one of the smartest men in the country.

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Think, Country, I Think, Smartest

I've been very fortunate, but it also never occurred to me that I couldn't do something or that I couldn't ask if I could try something.

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Been, Very, Occurred, If I Could

I feel fortunate every day I'm in this business. No matter how hard it is, no matter how ruthless some people are, I was born to do this; I was born for movies.

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Business, Some, I Was Born, Ruthless

In the past, I've been a workaholic. I'm trying not to be anymore.

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Past, In The Past, Been, Workaholic

Almost everyone I know is battling something, whether it's allergies or depression. Whatever it is, it makes you feel less than who you are. I believe part of life's challenge is to work through that.

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Through, Battling, Almost, Almost Everyone

The accomplishment that I am most proud of is that 'Free Willy' and 'Dave' got a political message out, which isn't easy to do within the constraints of studio moviemaking.

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Studio, Dave, Which, Accomplishment

I didn't tell anyone I had lupus for many, many years, and I didn't tell anyone I had cancer. I was afraid no one would hire me, and I also felt it was deeply personal. It was nobody's business. Now, of course, my feelings have changed.

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Tell, Hire, Had, Cancer

You have to have somebody to root for. I truly believe that's how you ground a movie. You ground them in the characters.

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How, Movie, Characters, Root

I personally have close ties to Marvel because of Kevin Feige, because Kevin worked for me.

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Marvel, Kevin, Worked, Ties

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