You can point to a lot of women showrunners that have had long and successful careers. In terms of the kinds of movies that women can get made, as long as the business operates under this model of the first-weekend [box office] focus, with huge movies aimed at super-young audiences, it will be really tough for women to do something that really changes the landscape. Because honestly, until they figure out how to get grown women into the theaters on the first weekend, it won't change.
Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to … - Callie Khouri
Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to …
- Callie Khouri
I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it t… - Callie Khouri
I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it t…
The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this m… - Callie Khouri
The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this m…
I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't s… - Callie Khouri
I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't s…
I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming… - Callie Khouri
I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming…
Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they dont care about movies. - Callie Khouri
Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they dont care about movies.
You can't do a movie without villains. You have to have something for the heroines or anti-heroines to be up against, and I wasn't going to contrive … - Callie Khouri
You can't do a movie without villains. You have to have something for the heroines or anti-heroines to be up against, and I wasn't going to contrive …
I remember when I used to have actual time to write and now you don't have time and you just do it. I think it explains a lot about television. - Callie Khouri
I remember when I used to have actual time to write and now you don't have time and you just do it. I think it explains a lot about television.
I don't see the country audience looking forward to an out male singer. There are rumors about people but no one ever confirms because there is a tre… - Callie Khouri
I don't see the country audience looking forward to an out male singer. There are rumors about people but no one ever confirms because there is a tre…
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