Betty Gilpin Quotes

All the roles are for boys. The girls' roles are either small or all the same. There's just nothing interesting.

I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend - leading roles for women were few and far between.

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women.

Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species.

Sometimes I try to sell shows with a female lead to networks, and that isn't something that's been a proven formula for them, so they reject it. I do feel like men get the funniest roles in movies.

One of the interesting things about being a female police officer in the '60s is they really didn't have opportunities to do any serious police work - they filed, and they made coffee, and they were treated like secretaries.

We have so many male superstars, but there are just a few female actors who have attained that status. It is not only because of the industry; it's in the society.

We are in an industry where, unfortunately, there is very limited scope for female-oriented roles. If we don't have options, how can we pick and choose roles?

There seem to be more women producers than men.

She represented the distilled essence of the battle between the sexes.

What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women. That's what the research shows. As a man gets more successful, everyone is rooting for him. As a woman gets more successful, both men and women like her less.

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination.

Conservative women in politics run a punishing gauntlet. They endure psychological evaluations and near-gynecological exams their male and liberal counterparts do not.

In this industry, all the heads of labels are men, but every artist has to prove themselves, regardless of their sex. I have always been very vocal about the women sticking together.

I get asked why there aren't more female directors all the time. I'm kind of reluctant to talk about it. That's not because I think the question is irrelevant or stupid. It's just that there are so many mitigating factors.

Nobody asks me about what male musicians I think about; I only ever get asked about females.

As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.

It still annoys me when I read really derogatory things about how a woman looks because you would usually not read these things about a man, and that still has the potential to put women off public life.

The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position.

The most frustrating thing is picking up a script and loving the roles in it except the female ones... It's really annoying and something I've striven to change in the industry.

It didn't matter how good I was. It was always, 'You're a girl. You can't play with the guys.' It's always been motivation for me.

I think a lot of women are underestimated.

Women are completely disadvantaged - despite what men will say. It is not a fair fight.

If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.

Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.