Kate McKinnon Quotes

I've always wanted to do a female buddy film, the kind the guys get to do.

If you look at NBC, two of their most successful shows - '30 Rock' and 'Parks And Rec' - are written by women, produced by women, and I think that's the future. Women are the new men.

We are going to hire a woman who's going to direct a 'Star Wars' movie. I have no doubt.

It's so rare to have an ensemble cast of women.

I think one of the great things about 'Bridesmaids' is that it's a big studio comedy, but all of the relationships in it are so grounded that you're watching a real movie.

People have to fix whatever bias they have, and I see this bias consistently, all the time, towards women directors. They're just not being trusted with action.

When I was first starting out was also when I first started really paying attention to the Oscars and stuff like that. And I remember thinking, 'Wow, everything is great for women in Hollywood, because Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange, Sally Field - they're all doing incredible work.'

There are still movies where females are just there to be cool, or they are there to lambaste their husbands and scold. But female comedy characters are changing for the better.

We have to give feminism a shot. Out of sheer self preservation, we have to stand aside and let women run the show.

I have worked with three female first assistant directors - on 'Hostiles,' 'Gone Girl,' and a short film, 'The Human Voice,' and they have all been exceptional.

Should 50 per cent of Telefilm's projects be helmed, produced, or written by women? I think so.

It's interesting: John Calley at Warner Bros. helped me put 'Alice' together. It was very unusual back then for a studio to support an actress the way he backed and supported me. He even asked me if I wanted to direct the film, which I didn't feel prepared to at that point.

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

I've just seen that there is a really amazing perspective that we're missing by not having more women directing.

I get to play a lot of powerful, smartest women in the room. And that's deeply satisfying.

I love working with women directors because of their emotional functionality and can undeniably connect with them on a fairly personal level.

I think people look back at the '90s as a golden era of female empowerment.

I hope when people see that female-led production companies are working, there will be more of us.

In the not-for-profit world, I never felt that being female was an impediment. I was, however, given my break into commercial theatre by a female producer, Judy Craymer, and women - in particular, Donna Langley, president of production at Universal - were crucial in giving 'Mamma Mia' a home in Hollywood.

One woman who I think is great is Vidya Balan: her casting in 'The Dirty Picture' was very exciting. Let's break new grounds; let's think beyond the usual. Why can't a woman who plays a mother also play a lover, or why a lover can't play a villain?

With 'Suffragette,' I was emboldened that there were so many women around me. We had a female writer, producers, production and costume designers.

One of the things I think I can do in my lifetime is stop to remind myself that - and keep affirming that - women can sell movies.

It's depressing that ambition and feminism have become almost dirty words for working women. But, there is no reason that they should be and, increasingly, I am struck by how the next generation is challenging conceptions of what it means to be successful at work.

It's sort of fair to say that Amazons, both as reality and as a dream of equality, have always been with us; it's just that sometimes that fiery Amazon spirit is hidden from view or even suppressed.

It's good to see so many actresses getting into production. It's a smart move.