I know that I've had a very fortunate life, but also I think my job as an actor is to connect emotionally to human beings.
Patricia ArquetteEvery day that a woman is making less money, that's less money she has in retirement.
Patricia ArquetteOlder homeless people are more likely to be women, because they don't have pensions and they are caretakers, so they withdraw from the workforce and end up having no pension if their husband leaves them, so the whole thing is just a nightmare.
Patricia ArquetteThere are so many issues that impact women. When we talk about prison reform, for example, women were [once] sterilized in women's prisons. When they were giving birth, they were asked to sign paperwork but they weren't even completely conscious of what they were signing. That sounds like something that would never happen in America, but it was happening, not just in America, but in [California], one of the most progressive states in the United States.
Patricia Arquette