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Gale Anne Hurd

Michael Schneider of TV Guide magazine and KCRW's The Spin-off talks with The Walking Dead  producer Gale Anne Hurd. They discuss her career arc from starting out in the 1970's with B-movie mogul Roger Corman to becoming the "First Lady of Sci-Fi."

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By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Michael Schneider of TV Guide magazine and KCRW's The Spin-off talks with The Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd. They discuss her career arc from starting out in the 1970's with B-movie mogul Roger Corman to becoming the "First Lady of Sci-Fi." Hurd reflects on her youth as an unpopular geek girl as the origins for her love of all things comics, horror, fantasy and sci-fi. She talks about being a woman in the entertainment business and refers to Sheryl Sandberg's book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, saying that at some point she had to choose between being liked and being respected. She chose respect.

Gale Anne Hurd on the set of "Aliens"

Gale Anne Hurd on the production of "Aliens"

Gale Anne Hurd on the set of "Aliens"

Gale Anne Hurd with the cast of "The Walking Dead"

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    Kim Masters

    partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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    John Horn

    Los Angeles Times

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    Michael Schneider

    Senior editor at Variety

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    Darby Maloney

    Producer

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