I Don't Think Male Characters Are As

I Think If You're Doing A Play, You're Rehearsing Enough That You Get To A Point Where It's Freeing Again. But In A Movie, If You Rehearse Too Much, Now You've Just Shown Everybody What You're Going To Do. And Any Element Of Surprise Or Impulsiveness Is Taken Away.

The Film Festival Is In A Town In Arkansas, A Quintessentially American Town With A Little Town Square. It's To Champion Women And Diversity In All Media, So Tv, Movies, Eventually, Digital, Whatever You Get Into. That's The Goal. We're Using The Same Philosophy As My Institute, Which Is To Make It Research-based And Really Try To Work Directly With Filmmakers And Content Creators And Move The Needle. It's The Only Film Festival In The World Where The Prizes Are Guaranteed Distribution.

The Fictitious Worlds Created For Kids Are Nearly Bereft Of Female Presence. It's Sending A Very Clear Message From The Beginning That Women And Girls Do Not Have Half Of The Adventures, That They're Not As Important. We're Teaching Kids That Girls And Women Don't Take Up Half The Space In The World.

My Knowledge Of Horror Films Is Pathetic Because I Can't Really Watch Them.

I Had Very, Very Bad Self-esteem - That I Was A Fake, Everybody Was Going To Find Out, That I Didn't Deserve To Have Success, Just About My Looks And Really, Really Bad Self-esteem.