Industry Demographics Quotes

The industry financial advisers, on average about 85% male, tends to be a more mature financial adviser - so I think in their 50s, really. For so many companies, in their 60s. In fact, there is one company that was telling me they had more financial advisers over the age of 80 than under the age of 30.

Every casting director I've met is a woman.

But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies.

'Do the Right Thing' was my first union film. I looked at the rosters, and for the most part, it was white males. Especially the Teamsters. So we had some conversations.

The music industry is dominated by guys. I work with men 98 percent of the time - producers, arrangers, musicians, engineers.

My management team are all women. Most of the people at labels I liaise with are all women. It's pretty much all women all the time.

We have people say, 'There's not enough women writers.' I have a writers room that is almost nothing but women over at 'Grey's Anatomy.'

There are not a lot of black men in the pop business.

It is important to have a woman editor. Movie is an industry where it is predominantly women. Male editors might cut out pauses that are interesting, while a woman might not be afraid of that pause. Trying to do a movie with an editor who is not funny is impossible. There are certain talents that go with certain genders.

There are a lot of women screenwriters, but they are obviously outnumbered by men. And it still is a very much male-dominated industry.

Traditionally, animation has been dominated by men in the past. I don't know why it attracted guys.

There's still not as many women in music as men, and I don't really know why. I don't have the answers. I do wish there were more women that played music.

Every other fashion brand out there - including those that I call 'competitors' - are run by mostly old white men, and the customer knows it.

I like to play this game where I ask people to count gay pop writers and producers they know. Everyone's always like, 'Oh, there are plenty!' But we always end up counting them on one hand.