The common denominator of the great women leaders in the world – Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir – is that they’re dramatically nonsexual. Rod Lurie Read Quote
Unfortunately, in this country, when we have the opportunity to be bigots in private, we take it every time. Rod Lurie Read Quote
I promise that if there was no Hillary Clinton, there would still be a ‘Commander in Chief’ – I want to have a hit show that people enjoy, and really, that’s it. Rod Lurie Read Quote
I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics. Rod Lurie Read Quote
Hollywood is enamored of the 20- to 30-year-old actress, but by the very nature of the life experience of the character, the roles cannot be that rich. You can only have Angelina Jolie in a mental hospital so many times. Rod Lurie Read Quote
If you look at the greatest performances of women, they’re usually older… Anne Bancroft in ‘The Graduate,’ Kathy Bates in ‘Misery.’ It’s a matter of characters having a life experience that makes them interesting. Rod Lurie Read Quote
There seems to be an interest in connecting the history of the past to the present and asking whether things have really changed. Films like ‘The Contender’ and ‘Bulworth’ seem quaint compared with Trump! Rod Lurie Read Quote
