“I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work.” WantChildrenBigsUsedActorsDealsBreakMarriedFemaleHollywoodGet BackRetirementBig DealComebackAbolishTagBack To Work Author:Karisma Kapoor
“I'm sure I can't relate to what females go through in Hollywood, but I do know what it feels like to eat emotionally. To be sad and make yourself happy with food, and then be almost immediately sad again, and then ashamed. Then, you try to hide those feelings with more food.” KnowsFeelsTryingI CanFeelingsFemaleHollywoodRelateAshamedMake Yourself Happy Author:Chris Pratt
“I'm not sure that it's easy to find very interesting female characters in Hollywood movies.” CharacterEasyInterestingFemaleHollywoodNot SureVery InterestingFemale CharactersHollywood Movies Author:Audrey Tautou
“People always say to me, "What's wrong with Hollywood? They don't want to make female-driven movies." And that's not where the problem lies. It lies with us, in society. When we make these movies, nobody goes to see them.” PeopleWantProblemLyingFemaleHollywoodDriven Author:Charlize Theron
“Hollywood is designed to check the box office on Monday morning and see: "How'd we do? How much?" It's another facet of this whole culture of accumulation and consumption. Black people are caught up in it, white people are caught up in it, white actors, black actors, female actresses - everybody's caught up in it.” PeopleWholeCultureActorsBlackWhiteMorningOfficeFemaleHollywoodCaughtBoxesActressesChecksBlack PeopleConsumptionCaught UpMondayAccumulationFacetsMonday MorningBox Office Author:Danny Glover
“It never occurred to me to be a film director, partly because I hadn't seen a single film by a female director, but I liked the idea of being a writer moving to Hollywood and being unhappy; that sounded romantic and fabulous to me.” IdeasFilmMovingDirectorsFemaleHollywoodUnhappyFabulousFilm DirectorsBeing Unhappy Author:Mary Harron
“I made the mistake early in my career, when I moved to Hollywood, of being attracted to actresses. I used to go out exclusively with actresses and other female impersonators.” MadeUsedMistakeCareersFemaleHollywoodMovedActressesImpersonators Book:Heartland Source: Heartland
“Any ensemble - they didn't call it "the all-male Expendables," for example. But it's Hollywood's fault that people say that, because there have been so few movies that have allowed women to have these leading roles, so that's Hollywood's fault.” PeopleHas BeensRolesExampleFemaleHollywoodFaultsMalesEnsembleExpendables Author:Paul Feig
“I think the press is doing a wonderful job of putting the pressure on the decision-makers in Hollywood to support more female directors.” ThinkingJobsDecisionSupportWonderfulDirectorsFemaleHollywoodPressurePressesMakersDecision Makers Author:Natalie Portman
“Hollywood is a very strong machine that needs, and in... especially with female actors, fresh flesh. It's that cruel. But that's the way it is.” WayNeedsActorsStrongFemaleHollywoodMachinesFleshVery Strong Author:Antonio Banderas