Corin Tucker Quotes

There are still people who have an issue working with a woman director. Women can be viewed as 'difficult' even though they work in the same way as men.

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

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.

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.

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes.”

As I got older, I had to learn to not have people speak for me. It was the first time I recognized, 'Oh, sometimes people are going to condescend to me because I'm a woman, or sometimes people aren't going to give me opportunities because of the way I look.'

When I tried to get a record deal, only one label wanted me. The rest said 'oh, we've already got a girl with a guitar.' Can you imagine them ever saying that to a guy?

I really feel like females have to go 50 extra miles. Not just one - 50 extra miles to be accepted or taken seriously.

I've been called pushy and aggressive and all the negative words that are rarely applied to men with the same traits. But it doesn't bother me.

Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.

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

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

One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.

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.

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

I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.

I think a lot of women are underestimated.

If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.

This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.

If you are a man, you have to be like Joe McCarthy to be called “ruthless”. For a woman, all you have to do is put somebody on hold.

It is obvious that discrimination exists. Women do not have the opportunities that men do. And women that do not conform to the system, who try to break with the accepted patterns, are stigmatized as odd and unfeminine.

I think, being a woman, we got to prove ourselves twice.

If you talk to a woman, she will give you at least five incidents in a day, 5-10 in a month, where she had to work harder to prove herself because she is a 'woman,' maybe at a male-dominated work place or when she has to come across as a smarter woman if she is good-looking.

Not everybody wanted a female to be the front face of a big band, you know... You had to be three times better than a man had to be.

There are so many double standards that seem to be applied only to female MPs. I've had infinite comments about what I'm wearing when the focus should be on what I'm saying.