Teyonah Parris Quotes

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

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

Hollywood is hard on everyone, but it really is harder on women and people of color.

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

It's incredibly hard out there for women of color.

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.

It's such a male-dominated industry. You can be a feminist, it's just difficult because it sometimes comes back at you.

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

Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.

A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.

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

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.”

I've been fortunate in my career, but, yes, there have been many times when I have been told my audition has been cancelled because they're only going to see white people.

In 1960, when I graduated from college, people told me a woman couldn't go to law school. And when I graduated from law school, people told me, 'Law firms won't hire you.'

For women, no matter what career, what path you choose, it's still an uphill battle to work your way up to these top leadership positions. And you're much more closely scrutinized for everything - for things that men are not.

It's very difficult to figure out, for me, what stops really talented young female filmmakers from having the kind of careers that their really talented young male counterparts are having.

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.

I think the problem is, exceptional women will always succeed. But there are plenty of less-exceptional men who succeed. Until we get the less-exceptional women succeeding equally, we do not have full equality.

The fact that a baby can be born today and condemned to a life of hardship, struggle, and discrimination simply because of sex is enraging.

The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.

When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.

Women are not making it to the top of any profession in the world. But when I say, 'The blunt truth is that men run the world,' people say, 'Really?' That, to me, is the problem.