I Had Told My Agents That I

I Just Started Asking My Friends If They Had Noticed. None Of Them - Feminists, Mothers, Daughters - Noticed Until I Pointed It Out. Then I Decided To Bring It Up Within The Industry. I Knew A Lot Of People, So I'd Say, "have You Ever Noticed How Few Female Characters There Are In Kids Movies?" When I Met A Director, A Producer, Whatever. And They Said, "oh, But That's Not True Anymore."

This Dapper Little Mouse That Wore Such Cute Clothes And Said Such Interesting Things, Yeah. I Thought It Was A Great Idea To Have A Mouse Like That In Your Family, So Now I Get To See What It Was Like.

My Sons Last Summer, They Won A Trophy From Their Surfing Camp And They Came Home And Went Right Over To The Shelf And Put It Up Next To My Oscar. That's Where We Put Our Trophies.

My Daughter Was A Toddler. I Had No Idea There Was Anything Wrong With Kids' Media.i Started Watching Little Preschool Shows With Her Or G-rated Videos Or Whatever; I Couldn't Believe What I Was Seeing, That There Seemed To Be Far More Male Characters Than Female Characters In What We Make For Little Kids. It Was Just A Shock.

Ridiculously - Fortunately - My First Job Was With Dustin Hoffman. I Had A Little Part In This Movie Called Tootsie. And He Taught Me How To Watch Dailies. That It Was Very Important.