If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike. Callie Khouri Read Quote
When I lived in Nashville, Tanya Tucker and people like that were coming up, and I’m sure that Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette were going, ‘What’s that noise? That’s not country.’ It’s always been this battle where whoever comes up behind the reigning stars isn’t country enough. There really is a lot more crossover now. Callie Khouri Read Quote
I wrote ‘Thelma & Louise’ in 1988, and we shot it in 1990. Everyone kept saying, ‘This is so groundbreaking… this is going to change the landscape,’ but I don’t see that result at all. When we saw some female studio executives, we were hopeful that more women would be hired as directors, but that didn’t really seem to happen. Callie Khouri Read Quote
Gravity’ is a great example of a movie that we hope they’re going to do more of. It’s really entertaining, with a female star. It’s not the kind of film you typically see, and gives me hope. Callie Khouri Read Quote
Every so often when I’m writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head – often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I’ve ended up where I wanted to be. Callie Khouri Read Quote
To me, feminism is such a simple description: it’s equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights. Callie Khouri Read Quote
I don’t know anyone male or female who can quote-unquote have it all. It’s a made-up idea. Men don’t have it all. They may have it better because they get paid more for the same work, but they don’t have it all. Callie Khouri Read Quote
I like writing flawed women, and being one, it’s something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority. Callie Khouri Read Quote
You’re allowed to make things for women on television and there’s not like… you don’t have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it’s just accepted, whereas if it’s a feature, it’s like ‘So, talk to me about chick flicks.’ Callie Khouri Read Quote
