Getting on a plane and discovering that your seat belt won’t fit around you was a moment of extreme horror. It was very hard to ignore. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
That first year I was doing ‘Grey’s,’ I didn’t know it was possible to fire the creator of a show off their own show, so I didn’t behave like somebody who was afraid of being fired. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
There’s nothing wrong with being driven. And there’s nothing wrong with putting yourself first to reach your goals. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
I don’t get to watch a lot of TV, mainly because I’m busy working. And I pretty much try not to watch very much television at all, even American television, until I’m done with a season, because things start to creep into my head otherwise. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
What I found fascinating for me was, I’ve never gotten so much approval and accolades and warmth and congratulations as when I had a guy on my arm that people thought I was going to marry. It was amazing. I mean, nobody congratulated me that hard when I had my three children. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
The entire world is skewed from the white male perspective. If you’re a woman, they have to say it’s a female-driven comedy. If it’s a comedy with Latinos in it, it’s a Latino comedy. ‘Normal’ is white male, and I find that to be shocking and ridiculous. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
This is going to sound crazy, but there was a period of time where on TLC they would show those surgeries – like a woman had a 90-pound tumor, or they separated these twins. And my sister and I – she lived in Ohio when I lived in California – would watch them together on the phone. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
The way I write my shows, every character is its own organic thing. No character has a life at all until I see it played by somebody. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
I keep getting asked how I write about such smart, strong women, and my response is, what’s the alternative? Weak, stupid women? They’re just normal people, not role models – if you’re aspiring to be like any of them, something’s a little bit wrong. You may want to dress like one or have her job, but do not aspire to be her! Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
