Stephanie Ruhle Quotes

I think calling for more women in every aspect of this industry is a sensible thing.

When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up half the planet, which we do.

To address what seems like an endless cycle of gender inequity in media, I believe we need to think beyond what our industry has already tried to do through mentorships and internships. We need to stop talking and start moving the needle, and one solution is to simply give women jobs.

As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.

Our experience shows - and survey after survey reveals - institutions are run better, communities are healthier when women are involved in solving the challenges of our society. Equal representation does not just lead to good democracy: it is democracy.

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't.

When I go to a web video meeting and look around, at least half the show runners are women. And a lot are actors-cum-writers who are frustrated with the situation of being a woman actor in Hollywood and have decided to create their own show.

There were not enough women like Kay on TV and now there are none.

To anyone in the position to hire women directors: Make the commitment.

I think for women especially, writing and creating your own role, producing, directing - having some control over what you do is really important. We can pave the way for other women to send what messages they want sent.

At the BBC we've had plenty of women in good management jobs. It comes and goes but there's been plenty. On air, I think there's quite a bit more we can do.

I think that we're in a really amazing time, where there are really a lot of really fantastic female actresses and comedians. I imagine there's just a lot of opportunity for women to have powerful roles. Or it's just that there's more women writing TV. Women tend to maybe write strong women.

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.

Oddly enough, I find it quite engaging to be working with a female when I'm directing. It's kind of interesting.

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.

Four out of five HSN corporate officers are women. I'm a believer that a diversity of mindset enables us to have an engaged conversation.

When I was starting out, the first women studio heads and writers were just getting into their perches - development execs learning their chops.

If you don't have women working for you, you really don't know what the people who are buying from you really want.

It's easy to dislike the few senior women out there. What if women were half the positions in power? It would be harder to dislike all of them.

We all know business financial performance improves when more women are in senior levels of management and leadership.

I've worked with just as many talented women as I have talented men, and I feel fortunate enough to have that great balance.

I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.

If we think that our daughters ought to be in Congress next to our sons, we'd better let our sons know that now, so that they get prepared to have women as colleagues.