Elizabeth Banks Quotes

It remains an incredible struggle for women in theater, and, in particular, playwrights and directors, to get their work seen and to not only get seen, but to get it to Broadway.

I hope when people see that female-led production companies are working, there will be more of us.

We need more female voices to come out there and do comedy.

Ava DuVernay, Sheryl Crow, Diane von Furstenberg, Ashley Graham, Tracy Reese, Pat Benatar, Issa Rae, Betty White - they've all shattered glass ceilings, whether in music, fashion, or film.

It's 2015. And I just want to get to the point where we're hearing female voices as much as we're hearing men's.

I think mainly it's an optics thing: to be able to visualize a woman in a position of power. It's going to be wonderful for all of us in every field.

Women are no longer victims. They have become leaders. They are at the forefront of the demonstrations. We will share a role in all aspects of life, side by side with men.

I am really glad women are speaking out.

Reproductive freedom is a real danger for the patriarchy, because it means that women are empowered.

I definitely think women are running it right now. We are not afraid to speak our minds. It's exciting because that's what I stand for, for people to be irreverent and to be themselves.

The voices of women need to be heard. The volume needs to be turned up.

Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond.

The women's movement was always going to work in two parts. With one part, we'd break open the doors that were closed to women, and with the other part, we'd walk through, transforming society for men and women. Turns out it was a lot easier to open the doors.

After 'Wedding Crashers' I was just surprised as to the lack of comedic female material there is. So I had to start working and getting stuff out there for myself.

It's hard enough to be a lady writer. Doubly hard to be a funny lady writer.

There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women - especially when you realize women buy 70 percent of all theater tickets.

As a husband and a father of two daughters, I want young women around the globe to have the same rights and opportunities as my daughters.

Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.

The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch?

I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.

I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

I am now concerned with women's issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia.

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

The women doing comedy do not even think of themselves as 'female' comedians.