Quotes from Alexandra C. Pelosi

People hate politicians, it's really in vogue right now to hate politicians, but we need someone to lead us into the new world economy, we actually need to make decisions and we actually need grownups.

Because in this business, as you know, you don't get that many bites at the apple, so I make documentaries for HBO and that's what I do.

Power isn't real, and it isn't earned. If you act like you have it, suddenly you're leading everyone. Perception is reality.

I'm a happy person! I guess I'm not as much of a pessimist as most documentary filmmakers.

If you live in Port Arthur, Texas, and you don't have any food to feed your family for dinner tonight, global warming is not the most important issue; getting a job and feeding your family is.

I come from a deeply Catholic family. My husband and I were married in a Catholic church; we decided to put our kids into Catholic school.

Everyone learns how to assimilate through watching television. Everyone thinks America is going to be like Hollywood, and when they get here they keep watching TV to find out how to be.

The liberalism I was taught was you're supposed to accept everyone. Why shouldn't the people in Fort Wayne, Ind., get their side on NBC News?

I made three campaign movies. When you make one you are constantly being told what to do by press secretaries. I got tired of that. Plus, I'm older now with children. I can't be riding along on a campaign bus.

There are a lot of lonely people on the planet that have a lot of money in their pocket and no place to go on a Friday night.

For me, if I was walking down the street and saw a politician, I'd cross the street and walk the other way intentionally, just to not have to talk to them.

Everyone talks about immigrants taking jobs, but there are a lot of jobs that America needs.

A lot of communities pretend they don't have homeless and just ignore them or try to make them go away.

Government has to produce affordable housing. Government has to produce answers.

My mother, throughout her entire life, has been faithful to the church, even though the church has not been that faithful to her because of her politics.

There are old people in San Francisco because my parents still live there. The young tech bros don't see old people or children. The Mission district, where they live and work, they don't see children or old people. That statement revealed, to me, the blinders that the techies are wearing.

I just don't know that we're as filled with hate as cable news leads us to believe. It's hard to hate up close.

San Francisco is not a boutique - it's a center of commerce.

As a documentary filmmaker, I couldn't afford to give my children the lifestyle I had in San Francisco growing up.

I mean, you make a movie with Sarah Palin in it, you get great ratings. That's easy. I know how to get ratings: get Sarah Palin.

It's a good line to say we're going to get money out of politics. I don't know how realistic it is.

No one ever won betting against Nancy Pelosi. You've got to give her credit, no matter what you think of her.

We like to make the distinction between immigrants we want and immigrants we don't want. They all share one thing, and that's the work ethic.

Cities need to reinvent themselves in order to stay alive.