I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.

Tamra Davis

Running provides an outlet for my mind to relax and my peace to be still.

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relax mind running

I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project. The project that influenced me the most is this cooking show I do online. I film it all myself, and I think making so many of those gave me the confidence that all I need is a camera, and I could go and do an interview. The freedom to be a filmmaker - you just need a camera.

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passion crazy thinking

I wanted to make a film that wasn't just a biography. When you watched it, you actually felt that you watched a movie, that you had an emotional reaction. In order to do that, I felt that I had to really keep myself emotionally raw while working on the film. I had to feel myself crying, so the audience could be moved, too.

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biographies emotional order

How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and surround yourself with other idealistic and talented friends that fuel each other and push against the establishment to take you seriously.

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push yourself you believe-in-yourself

I have been lucky in my life to have met people that are special, so extraordinary talented that they somehow are on a different plane. Sometimes these amazingly talented people find a way to keep reinventing themselves to stay relevant and alive. Some fall under the crushing vibrancy of their own intensity.

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my-life sometimes life people

In 'Billy Madison,' I worked with Adam before anyone really knew he was Adam Sandler.

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knew really before he

I hope to work till I'm an old lady.

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old lady hope work

Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important.

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new will new-things important

When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.

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someone you talking art

All of my main characters have been under 30.

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main characters been

There's no continuity in videos... you can jump around all over the place. In features, you can't throw in a close-up of a musician stomping on a guitar - you have to film a scene.

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jump place you guitar

My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to what he was experiencing in New York.

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connection new new-york world

I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.

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enough work culture people

I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.

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videos first music made

It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.

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working amazing hollywood felt

I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.

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great motherhood reality way

A mom can't afford to be sick.

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afford sick mom

A school morning is usually a pretty hectic time in any household.

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pretty time morning school

Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.

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you simple time people

I do have a priority in my house, and that is I want my kids to be healthy, and if I give them the right food, I am headed consistently toward that goal.

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