Daya Quotes

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height and intelligence were graces for him and gaucheries for me.

In the end, I do think it's insulting to men and women to insist that they fit a certain profile. I never understood that.

I think most couples drift apart because of comparisons. Unfortunately, in our society a perfect match is when the man is more successful than the woman.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Yes, some women are funny. No, some women aren't funny. It's similar to how some women are tall and, you know, some women are short.

I have to break down the barriers as a female. I have to work 30 times harder just for respect.

It's acceptable for men to act the fool. When women try, they're considered aggressive and opinionated.

Men are not potatoes!

A man is called a good fellow for doing things which, if done by a woman, would land her in a lunatic asylum.

At the end of the day, no one asks a woman, 'Do you need a neck rub? Do you need a drink, honey?'

Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive.

What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

Sadly, in any industry and in any work-related environment, females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection, whether that be skinny or pretty. It's a constant, in our society.

Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

Some men are all right in their place if they only knew the right places.

When I started out, there were three things that made film people look at me with condescension, I was young, I was black, and I was female. I have won a certain respect, but I think the film community still sees directing as a male job.

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.

I got tired of books where the boy is a bit thick and the girl's very clever. Why does it have to such an opposition? Why can't they be like the girls and boys that I know personally, who are equally funny and equally cross? Who get things equally wrong and are equally brave? And make the same mistakes?

It's unfortunate when people say you can't wear skirts or do item numbers, or a girl can't dress in a certain way. Are we going back to dark ages?

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.

The industry is quite chauvinistic generally. Expectations of women, girls, what they should look like, how they should be, what they should say, what they should wear, how their hair should be, what colour their skin should be.

My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in being overlooked for certain opportunities.