Kathleen Kennedy

It's funny where life can take you.

My life is organized chaos.

Probably the biggest contribution that Disney has made to the Lucasfilm franchise management was their international component. That was something Lucasfilm hadn't made significant inroads with.

I loved David Lean, he had a huge influence on me when I was going to film school.

A successful film begins by choosing a director whose creative vision will define the choices made by everyone involved in the film.

Inside 'Star Wars' are values that mean something to people. It's aspirational. It's full of hope.

Lucasfilm looks out for 'Star Wars.' What are the values inherent in 'Star Wars' that we want to protect? It's fragile to a certain extent in that it's a single IP.

I know myself pretty well, and I know what I'm good at, but I also recognize when others may be better and so support and empower that.

My story sort of sounds ridiculous because the first movie I produced was 'E.T.'

If you don't spend the time you need on developing characters and finding stories, complicated stories, the audience gets tired because they think they're seeing the same thing again and again.

I find that a lot of directors are attracted to the dark side.

In the creative community, there's no excuse for not making a more equitable environment.