Ruth Wilson Quotes

I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.

Hollywood studio executives don't recognize the value of female performers as much as male performers.

Huge studio movies are handed over to a man with less experience before they're handed over to a woman with less experience. That's a fact. But I think it's not just about men not hiring women: it's about women not hiring women, too.

Being a woman in a male-dominated industry is difficult at times. I've had people offer to help me, but it's hard to know who to trust.

When you work in film sets, when you're working on projects that are male dominated, you are always treated as the last priority.

Is there discrimination against women? Yes, like the old boys' network. And sometimes discrimination against women becomes discrimination against men: in hazardous fields, women suffer fewer hazards.

Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.

The Screen Actors Guild numbers are frightening: Something like 90 percent of the roles are for men, 5 percent are for livestock and 5 percent are for women.

Hollywood is the definition of sexual discrimination.

When men hold the greater majority of all professional positions of power, it is impossible for a woman to advance her career without the support of men.

The legal profession has been built by men for men in a man’s world. Women find it distinctly uncomfortable.

As we all know, sexism in the workplace is a serious issue. It's something that needs active disruption and change.

I've learned that it's often the less obvious, yet pervasive and questionable, everyday behaviors of men in our industry that collectively make it inhospitable for women.

Hollywood is hard on women.

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.

People think that women don't negotiate because they're not good negotiators, but that's not it. Women don't negotiate because it doesn't work as well for them. Women have to say, 'I really add a lot of value, and it's in your interest to pay me more.' I hate that advice, but I want to see women get ahead.

Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.

There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story.

We often hear of a male director directing a great indie and immediately being offered the next huge comic book movie. Rarely, if ever, does this happen to a woman.

Women artists are still treated differently from men.

If you look through the shelves of science books, you'll find row after row of books written by men. This can be terribly off-putting for women.

What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women. That's what the research shows. As a man gets more successful, everyone is rooting for him. As a woman gets more successful, both men and women like her less.

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination.

The brewing industry is a very, very male dominated industry. It's a male bastion.

I'm in a male-dominated industry.