"I want to see more women as producers."
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"I want to see more women behind the scenes."
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"Any upward movement is movement for us all."
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"I want to find things that challenge me."
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"I don't think that moms, with all that's going on in our society today, would want to put their kids in front of something that will be disheartening rather than uplifting."
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"People who are overweight face discrimination. African-Americans face discrimination. Women face discrimination and sexism. So I don't have the luxury of not being tolerant of anyone."
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"Even in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing."
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"It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere."
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"There is one thing about knowing history, and another in recreating it."
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"It is important to learn as much as you can about the person and then throw it all away so that you're not in any way doing some sort of mimicry."
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"My job as an artist is to present the material. My job as a woman is to receive from it what I need."
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"I look for roles that resonate with me these days. While I love putting out just fabulous entertainment, I think now as artists, especially with so much uncertainty going on in the world, you want to be a part of things that offer or promote healing in some way and perhaps a little introspection once you leave."
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"I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to."
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"What's not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay."
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"I do believe that everyone has something to contribute."
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"I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor.' And she said, 'Maybe not that.'"
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"I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear!"
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"I like a person who knows how to say something dark at a very dark moment. The darker the moment and the darker the comic, the better. Something that is so wrong on all levels."
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"I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it."
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"I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse."
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