Ridley Scott Quotes

Almost always, when I'm on TV, the producers who call me, who negotiate what we're going to say, is a woman.

At the BBC we've had plenty of women in good management jobs. It comes and goes but there's been plenty. On air, I think there's quite a bit more we can do.

If we do want to bring a woman in to direct a 'Star Wars'... we don't want to talk somebody into it.

I'm the only female producer on Impact, and they're very supportive, the men.

Women will always control the experience on Bumble.

In an industry still dominated by men, working with a female director on an episode written by a woman, helmed by a female showrunner, all while doing scenes with your screen sister is like getting to see the big five at the wild animal park. It's awesome.

When I started at NBC, I'm quite sure there wasn't a plan or initiative that we need to make sure the girls are anchoring the shows.

I'm just so glad that girl power is working in Hollywood.

As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.

Our experience shows - and survey after survey reveals - institutions are run better, communities are healthier when women are involved in solving the challenges of our society. Equal representation does not just lead to good democracy: it is democracy.

As social media is less about technology and more about relationship building, we are starting to see more women have a heavy influence if not dominant role in the social media space. It's no wonder that Facebook is being run in part by chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg.

I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

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.

There's a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don't prefer one over the other, but they're definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them.

Technology may be traditionally perceived as a male-dominated industry, but it won't always be that way. Every day we see more and more powerful women leaders boasting outstanding achievements.

A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.

It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed.

If you don't have women working for you, you really don't know what the people who are buying from you really want.

My management team are all women. Most of the people at labels I liaise with are all women. It's pretty much all women all the time.

Overall, women are a lot more fun to work with than a bunch of men.

Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.

I have a daughter who I love very much, I hire women, I've worked with women, I've never had an issue with women.