Debbie Allen and Regina King inspire me.
Women are under-represented in TV comedy for a variety of reasons, the hackneyed 'fear that women aren't funny' being one of them.
Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and I were the first female headliners, where we would book our own opening acts. Before that, it was a standing joke that it was more like we had 'pretty little girl singers' opening for a male headliner.
I think Kellie Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Claire Danes represent the future for women in film, and I would be honored to share the stage with any one of them.
I'd love to hear what confident, intelligent women in the industry have to say: Rachel McAdams, Carey Mulligan, Angelina Jolie, Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey. I would stand in line all day for that panel.
In a lot of ways, I think television is better for women than film.
Being on a show with a female lead is amazing for me. I love that.
I do think there are some great female comics: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. They're the whole ball of wax.
It's been hard in entertainment as a 45-year-old woman to find jobs. They get fewer and far between if you're older, unless you're one of the few lucky ones who work constantly, like Meryl Streep.
I look at people like Helen Mirren, Emma Thompson, Goldie Hawn, they're the people I want to be.
It's normal; Arab women have always been very active at the forefront of culture - as film producers since the 1920s; as singers, dancers, choreographers, writers for much longer than that.
If you go to my Netflix, the sections that they recommend are 'Thrillers with a Strong Female Lead,' 'Comedies With a Strong Female Lead.'
On 'Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce,' we have a mandate to hire as many women as possible, but particularly on a show that is about women and about progressive issues like that.
I do respect them; I have great respect for women. In fact, one of the reasons 'The Apprentice' was such a successful show for so many years, the audience of women was fantastic.
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.
As I plotted 'Blueprints,' I realized that ageism against women is most obvious in the field of entertainment - and that I needed a TV show in my book.
Zendaya - she's a boss - and Rihanna as well. I feel like those are two very powerful women.
I grew up thinking Margaret Cho and Lucy Liu were my idols because that's it.
There's still only maybe three female writers or two female writers to 10 guys in any kind of writer's room.
I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers.
I talk a lot about women in my act, 'cause let's face it -- if I was hungry, I would talk about food.
The problem isn't that there's not enough women in panel games. The problem is there's not enough women in comedy in general.
I think, as a woman and as somebody in the entertainment industry, we have to be careful what we're putting out there and what we're trying to say.
Of course I am aware that there is a level of sexism in any large institution, but I find, in television and film, most of the producers are women.
Las Vegas honors women - Celine Dion, Bette Midler, Britney Spears. I love that Las Vegas celebrates women.
