Julie Walters Quotes

I do work with a lot of women in my company, and I write a lot of roles for women over 40. I think, in 'Feud' alone, we have 15 roles for women over 40, which I'm very proud about.

I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled.

It's not often that a strong female role comes across one's desk, unfortunately, but it's getting better.

It's amazing that we have lead females on television and a couple of them over 40. Thank you very much. And being beautiful and strong and sexy and everything that you hope for.

It seems to me that women have made an awful lot of progress, but they probably remain underrepresented at the highest levels of most organizations, for a variety of reasons. And it's probably going to take a long time to change that.

I'm just glad that there's some diversity in the music industry with women so people know that you can be literally anything and still be able to make it.

I think the main struggle for women in Hollywood and women in my position is to fight for true representation in the media and accurate representation of our many diverse qualities in stories.

There are many women who are getting the opportunity to play fantastic parts on the web like Huma Qureshi in 'Leila,' Shefali Shah in 'Delhi Crime' and so many others. It gives opportunity to those who are not getting the work that they desire to do because of their age. So web is doing a social service.

One thing I do not see happening is women of certain age being represented correctly. We have to evolve conceptually.

I think it's really important that women are represented in the media, and diverse women as well.

We want the next generation of products being innovated to reflect our users. And when women are not part of the equation, we won't have products that reflect the unique needs and opportunities across our society.

We need to do a better job of mentorships and role models to bring other young women along so that there's more women in our boardrooms, there's more women here in the United States Senate and in Congress. I think there's an important role for women to play.

Personally, I feel a strong responsibility to make sure that we have women equally represented in our executive suites and that we employ women in front of and behind the camera and in our writers' rooms.

Women need to support other women, and we must ensure we are providing women with opportunities that allow them to reach their full potential.

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story.

You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge.

I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.

Women are being welcomed into science fiction, but it's through the back door.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up half the planet, which we do.

To anyone in the position to hire women directors: Make the commitment.

I'm a female in comedy, so of course I want there to be more women on 'SNL', and women of color.

I love working on 'Glee,' and I hope that there are more and more parts for me and other actors with Down syndrome in television and in movies so I can keep working for a long, long time.

By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.