Debra Wilson Quotes

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

Hollywood is the definition of sexual discrimination.

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

I think a lot of women are underestimated.

I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones.

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 don't have a horror story to share like the ones we have heard from so many women in the #MeToo movement... But when you really listen to women, you begin to understand the million little ways in which all women are made less and denied the opportunity to contribute to their communities and their country.

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

It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older.

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

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.

I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree.

Men can be men and still get excited about other men kicking a ball around and they're never mocked, whereas it's easy for women to take mocking on board, to be belittled. Because we're used to it.

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

It was just really, really tough getting anything when you were a female. Basically, I just took advantage of everything I could. But when people are going to flat out tell you they're not going to hire anyone that's female, there's not much you can do about it.

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.

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.

Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species.

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

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

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

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.

Women artists are still treated differently from men.