Zawe Ashton Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Women artists are still treated differently from men.

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.

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.

Hmm, can I be obvious and say there is probably a double standard for male vs. female directors? Sadly, I think that's actually the case. And it probably stems from the fact that there are proportionately so many fewer women directors than men ones that each project is perhaps more closely scrutinized for its content.

There are so many times that, as a woman in the music industry, you're asked questions no male musician would ever be asked.

Directors didn't want to work with me because I was 'too controlling.' If it had been a man, it wouldn't have meant a damn thing.

There are a lot more roles for men than there are for women. So men get their fee up by sheer quantity of material.

When talented, qualified women take on greater responsibility, the simple fact of being talented and qualified is hardly enough to shield them from the gender-specific animosity that will come their way.

Being a woman in a male-dominated industry, you are so afraid of people thinking you are weak.

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.

Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.

The Screen Actors Guild numbers are frightening: Something like 90 percent of the roles are for men, 5 percent are for livestock and 5 percent are for women.

There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story.

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.

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.

Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems.