I think Shonda Rhimes came to change television for women forever.

I also really pay attention to whether the script embodies a full female character or if they're just wanting a two-dimensional objectified woman. So I also have that aspect to take care of as well.

Our society really needs to take a better look at what we're selling, because I think women being empowered will be as beneficial to men as it is to us.

The patriarchal society has made women believe, first of all, you're only valid and valuable when you're young.

I should have asked for credit - but he has no idea how amazing it is that a character that was written as a boy can be equally written for a girl. It's like you said, just write a character as if it were a man, and then turn it and make it into a woman. It's like, we're human beings, after all.

All the products that are sold to us - those anti-aging products - are telling us that there's a due date.

The music in the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] is very much hand-picked specifically because it's our history and our traditions. The themes are universal.