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Yes, You Can Have Art Films About The Triumph Of The Human Spirit And All Of That, But You'll Have It Done With A Big-budget Icon With A $20 Million Salary. You'll Have Julia Roberts, You'll Have Robert Redford, You'll Have Russell Crowe Doing Those Films, Because If They're Going To Cost $90 Million, They're Going To Make That Movie For A Public That's Very Large And Mainstream. They're Not Going To Make It For Three Or Four Million Black People.

Coming From The '50s, Things Were Very Violent.

I Was A Child Of The Women's Movement. Everything I Had Learned Was From My Mother And My Grandmother, Who Both Had A Very Pioneering Spirit. They Had To, Because They Had To Change Flat Tires And Paint The House - Because, You Know, The Men Didn't Come Home From The War Or Whatever Else, So Women Had To Do These Things.

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I Consider Myself Conscious Of How Women Are Treated, And Sometimes I Can Be A Feminist. Sometimes I'm A Little Republican, Sometimes I'm A Little Democrat. Sometimes I'm Angry, Sometimes I'm Not Angry. I'm Not A Total Feminist, But I Believe In Rights For Females. I Believe That If We Have To Pay 100 Percent For Our College Tuition, And Then We Get Into The Workplace And We're Only Given 70 Percent Of Our Counterparts' Salaries, Then We Shouldn't Have To Pay But 70 Percent Of Our College Tuition. Maybe That'll Stop The Bullshit.