Zitat des Tages von Callie Khouri:
I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming qualities, but like everyone, they're complex.
I don't know anyone male or female who can quote-unquote have it all. It's a made-up idea. Men don't have it all. They may have it better because they get paid more for the same work, but they don't have it all.
To me, feminism is such a simple description: it's equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights.
What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have that in every single thing I've ever done.
I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.
For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.
The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.
I don't think any studio - it was a long shot at the time - but I don't think any studio in a million years would make 'Thelma and Louise' right now. But there's so many other kinds of movies they won't make right now.
One of the magical things about Nashville is just how many incredibly talented people are here and the way they support each other.
I think this happens to a lot of people, men and women, where you reach a point in your life and all of a sudden realize that things have changed. You suddenly realize that people are coming up behind you, that maybe somebody might want to replace you for less money.
Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess.
I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they don't care about movies.
I didn't think of 'Thelma and Louise' as a feminist movie.
When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.
Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to do it.
