“During the years I was on the board of directors of the National Organization for Women in New York City, the most resistant audiences I ever faced in the process of doing corporate workshops on equality in the workplace were not male executives - they were the wives of male executives. As long as her income came from her husband, she was not feeling generous when affirmative action let another woman have a head start vying for her husband's (her) income.” YearsLongFeelingsActionProcessCitiesAudienceWifeNew YorkDirectorsHusbandOrganizationMalesIncomeCorporateGenerousBoardsExecutivesNew York CityChaptersWorkplaceWorkshopsAffirmative ActionAffirmativeBoard Of DirectorsAnother WomanHead Start Author:Warren Farrell
“It can be a bit annoying if another actor is trying to talk to the director and the wife is sitting on his lap.” IfsTryingActorsBitsWifeDirectorsSittingAnnoyingLap Author:Colin Farrell
“Working in film, if you work with great directors, you learn that after every take you must let go. Sitting with my wife at the Academy Awards, we both let the moment just go.” IfsMomentsFilmWifeDirectorsLetting GoSittingMy WifeAwardsAcademyAcademy Awards Author:Ben Kingsley
“It's harder being a woman director because on the whole women don't have husbands or boyfriends who are willing to be wives” WholeWifeWillingDirectorsHusbandHarderBeing A Woman Book:Jane Campion: Interviews Source: Jane Campion: Interviews
“I just adored Peter Medak, the director. He's such a character, but he was so much fun. Some directors come in and they truly get angry about things.Peter was still in a fantastic mood. He's a delightful person. He threw a big party at the end of the pilot, which was so sweet. And his wife is an opera singer. He's just a very warm, crazy beautiful individual.” PersonsStillsEndsCharacterBigsBeautifulIndividualFunPartyWifeCrazySweetDirectorsAngryWarmSingersMoodFantasticPilotsOperaPeterDelightfulOpera Singers Author:Brigid Brannagh
“A sportswriter's life means never sitting with your wife or family at the games. Still working after everyone has gone to the party... Digging beneath a coach's lies, not to forget those of athletic directors and general managers and owners of pro teams. Keeping a confidence. Risking it.” MeanStillsLyingGamesForgetPartyGoneWifeTeamDirectorsSittingCoachesManagersOwnersAthleticDiggingLife MeansRisking Your LifeGeneral Manager Author:Dan Jenkins
“David Fincher is a longtime friend. As a director, my wife had worked with him as a makeup artist when he would do Madonna videos years before, and his child and my oldest child were in preschool together, so we're kind of dad-friends through that, too.” YearsKindChildrenTogetherArtistWifeDadDirectorsMy WifeVideoMakeupPreschoolMakeup ArtistOldest Child Author:Anthony Edwards