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Sophie [kinsella]'s Writing Just Captivated Me. We Bought This Eight Years Ago, Before It Became An International Success And Was Only One Book. Now There's Five. So, We Were Very Fortunate To Latch Onto A Character Who Has Since Become An International Success Both As A Novel And Hopefully Now As A Movie.

I Was Always Looking To Be Entertained. We Lead Such Full Lives And A Lot Of Us Don't Lead Very Pleasant Lives And Don't Like What We Do... My Dad Worked His Whole Life As A Salesman And That Wasn't What He Really Wanted To Do. He Looked Forward To Two Weeks Vacation Every Year And He Used To Say To Me, 'whatever You Do, Make Sure You Do Something You Really Like So You Don't Just Have Your Vacation To Look Forward To.' And I Love Movies.

If You Read A Part That You Want To Play, And You Already Know You Have Actors You Want To Work With But It's Not On The Page, It's Not Going To Be On The Screen. So That Is The Most Difficult Thing To Do For A Producer, Is To Get A Script That Attracts This Kind Of Talent.

If You Have A Crisis, Whether On A Ship Or Wherever, There Are Heroes Who Rise Above It.

Our Military Thought That They Couldn't Get To Pearl Harbor, That It Was Too Long A Journey From Japan To Get There, And They Proved Us Wrong.