On Film, You Can't Do It Over

The Ratio Of Male To Female Characters In Movies Has Been Exactly The Same Since 1946. So If You've Ever Had People Say, You Know, "it's Better Now, It's All Changed, It's All Different," It's Not, It Hasn't. Not Yet.

There Were So Many Women Who Had Worked Throughout The War In Every Possible Job. They Were Told, "now Leave, So The Men Can Come In" And There Was This Whole Feminizing Of Women: You Have To Be Very, Very Retiring And Submissive And Whatever.

My Whole Theory About Why I Couldn’t Find Any Creators Who Realized They Were Leaving Out Female Characters Is Because They Were Raised On The Same Ratio. I Just Heard Someone The Other Day Call It Either ‘smurfing’ A Movie, Which Is When There’s One Female Character, Or ‘minioning’ A Movie, Which Is When There’s No Female Characters.

I Love Theater. Just, It Never Spoke To Me.

I Was All Limbs And I Was Very Convinced That I Must Be Uncoordinated, So I Didn't Want To Try Any Sports. And The Girls' Basketball Team Was Constantly Like, "please, Please Just Come Play."