Erin Cummings Quotes

I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.

I think people see me, and they can't get past my looks or the fact that a girl can be serious about playing the guitar.

Few people realize what a handicap it is to be what people call a beautiful woman. I'm glad, of course, that I don't look like an unmade bed, but too often, I'm just taken at face value. And there aren't many men who believe a beautiful woman can have any brains.

If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire 'best director' category would be comprised of models. To me, that is just the most ludicrous connection that you could make.

If you're one of the only women on a set - if it's you and a bunch of men - you feel like your value doesn't come from your thoughts and your talent and what you say: your value comes from how you look and how you're perceived by the men around you.

Dory is what Mum used to call a "strong-looking woman," which means that, from the back, she looked like a man, and, from the front, you preferred the back

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

We're in the dark ages if J-Lo can have a music career because of her ass. And let's face it, that's it.

Is it just me, or is the world full of beautiful women?

Because I'm a woman, and I'm petite and blonde, you wouldn't believe how often I'm asked to model the clothes.

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there.

'Sexy' doesn't have to come with the price tag of being dumb.

It's very hard to step into a job when people are just dismissing you as a pretty face, and saying you got your job only because your surname is McMahon.

I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.

The standards by which a woman's appearance is judged on the news are different to men, there's no question about that. Our clothes are different, for starters, they're much more varied, they're commented upon, there's no question about that. But do you have to be really good-looking? I don't think that's true.

If you're good at what you do, it's going to quiet the people that think you're not good because of how you look or what sex you are.

I am known by my performance, so neither do big films need me nor do I big films.

In an era when so many women are stepping up to lead, I'm hoping people will focus on our ideas and accomplishments instead of our appearance.

People will say I'm only where I am because of my husband or because the team might want to employ a woman, but you don't get to drive a Formula 1 car unless you're good enough, especially with a top team like Williams.

I work with big directors. I work with good actors. I act in female-centric films. And I do all this without ever indulging in a casting couch experience. Because I believe in hard work, talent, and blessing.

I think hard-working people have more opportunities no matter what on YouTube, regardless of gender.

All of the sudden people say, "She's got tits and legs and blond hair. Let's talk to her!" I've been paying dues for years in modeling. Not only that, it took a month and a half of Chuck Russell, The Mask's director, and Jim Carrey trying to get New Line to say O.K. on me. I didn't sleep; I had an ulcer. Of course, when people talk of paying their dues, they mean years of going to acting school and auditionin.

If women can sleep their way to the top, how come they aren't there?

Sexism - you can't be sexy and intelligent. It's not allowed.

I never go to movies where the hero's tits are bigger than the heroine's.