Quotes About Representation

I want to see more women behind the scenes.

I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.

Only six percent of films are made by women. And so in that that paradigm, a woman making a film at all is a political statement. A woman speaking her truth creates a feminist film.

I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more.

I think it's pretty obvious that women's stories are not necessarily being told in Hollywood and women are not necessarily being put in the leadership positions they deserve in mainstream film.

The primary job for women in Hollywood is still super-attractive actress. That is the most high-profile women's job in Hollywood.

As long as we can be just the sidelight, the side issue, issues that deal with human beings, both men and women and children that should be given more prominence are not.

I mean, how many men would have gone on to the floor of the House as Carolyn Maloney did and wear a burkha to show the fight of Afghan women.

Women and negroes, being seven-twelfths of the people, are a majority; and according to our republican theory, are the rightful rulers of the nation.

I think we need to have more women in the Republican Party talking about what it is were trying to do for families.

If women ran Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter would have a "Men in Entertainment" issue every year, and those jerks would have to write something.

We need female advocates. I'd love to live in a world where there are as many women in parliament as men.

In our society, as women filmmakers, we are expected to make films that empower women and that raise awareness about women's issues. That is a huge misconception.

Politics need to stop treating women as a special-interest group.

When people think of diversity, they think people of color, but it also means women, who are severely underrepresented as directors, writers and producers.

Personally, I'd like us to have a few more women on the 'Today' programme.

At the BBC we've had plenty of women in good management jobs. It comes and goes but there's been plenty. On air, I think there's quite a bit more we can do.

If you watch a film from beginning to end, with no women in it, it's really difficult.

We all know the huge problem there is with entertainment in general leaving out women. Especially as actors, we know there are fewer great parts for women.

Women are in many ways second-class citizens in the United States in 2016, because of the way that we're portrayed in popular culture.

There are few films where you have women really driving the plot.

Women are underserved and underestimated as consumers.

I want there to be tons and tons and tons and tons of movies starring women.

Women must have seats at the table because peace is too crucial to be left only to the politicians or only to the male half of our world.