Women in the Media Quotes

Zendaya - she's a boss - and Rihanna as well. I feel like those are two very powerful women.

Definitely, I feel that there is a need for more female producers, directors, and writers.

The first female DPs that I was aware of were Ellen Kuras, Mandy Walker, Nancy Schreiber, Amy Vincent, Sandi Sissel, Maryse Alberti and Tami Reiker. You look for a role model as somebody who looks like yourself and is doing what you want to do; they were the handful.

They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys.

There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see.

I have worked with three female first assistant directors - on 'Hostiles,' 'Gone Girl,' and a short film, 'The Human Voice,' and they have all been exceptional.

When only one or two percent of filmmakers are female, you can't help but have some kind of bias.

I am not against two-heroine films.

If you think about how many headlining female comics are out there, you could say 15, maybe 20?

I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors.

I made it quite clear that I want to be female-friendly. I don't want to be too sexualised because a woman in a kitchen is already a loaded image.

My interest in Women in Film came from attending the Crystal Awards in 1998 where Meryl Streep and producers Gale Anne Hurd and Lucy Fisher were honored with the annual award.

The odds of having films made which star women... Everyone still references one movie: 'Bridesmaids!'

Some of the best comedies now are led by women who are very involved: 'Parks and Recreation.' 'Veep's' incredible. I love 'Girls.'

It's great that Mary Berry got a primetime TV show, but I don't think there are enough women chefs on TV.

I love strong women like Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, and Charlize Theron.

It's heartening to see talented girls like Prachi Desai and Yami Gautam making it big in films and proving themselves.

I think audiences have always wanted to see women in the movies, but every time a movie like 'Bridesmaids' comes out, everyone says, 'Oh how funny, people do want to see women in the movies.'

Marvel used to be male-dominated, and I think that's changing.