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> [It's absurd: half the movie audience are women, but Hollywood bosses are still aiming for men who are 20.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/it-s-absurd-half-the-movie-audience-are-women-but-hollywood-bosses/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

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## More by Todd Haynes

> [I had really loving parents and a happy childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/i-had-really-loving-parents-and-a-happy-childhood/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [I don't know if I ever entertained an academic career, nor did I ever think I'd become a feature film-maker in the market.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/i-don-t-know-if-i-ever-entertained-an-academic-career-nor-did-i-ever/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [Feminist theory has left an indelible mark on my own critical—and creative—thinking . . . For me, everything I questioned about what it meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/feminist-theory-has-left-an-indelible-mark-on-my-own-critical-and/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [I don't think there's any more synesthetic medium than film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/i-don-t-think-there-s-any-more-synesthetic-medium-than-film/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [I'm used to always having struggles getting finances together and keeping precarious budgets alive in the independent film world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/i-m-used-to-always-having-struggles-getting-finances-together-and/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [It's funny: I don't feel like I have any particular privileged feeling for the Fifties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/it-s-funny-i-don-t-feel-like-i-have-any-particular-privileged-feeling/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [I'm drawn to female characters; not all of them are strong characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/i-m-drawn-to-female-characters-not-all-of-them-are-strong-characters/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [Looking at photographs of New York in 1952, you find a powerfully pre-Eisenhower era - sagging, tired, distressed - and the palette is slightly dissonant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/looking-at-photographs-of-new-york-in-1952-you-find-a-powerfully-pre/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [I think many of the ideas that opened up in the '60s got implemented in the '70s and that certain minority voices that were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/i-think-many-of-the-ideas-that-opened-up-in-the-60s-got-implemented/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> ['Evil Urges' has some stuff in it that's unbelievable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/evil-urges-has-some-stuff-in-it-that-s-unbelievable/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [Films like 'The Godfather,' 'Chinatown' and 'The Exorcist' brought a realism and currency and understatement to their genres that we wanted for 'Mildred Pierce.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/films-like-the-godfather-chinatown-and-the-exorcist-brought-a-realism/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [There were interesting ways that queerness could hide out and get played out pre-Stonewall. It is part of a vast history that is getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/there-were-interesting-ways-that-queerness-could-hide-out-and-get/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [It's very funny because every time I make a movie, and I've heard this re-echoed by other filmmakers and actors I have worked with,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/it-s-very-funny-because-every-time-i-make-a-movie-and-i-ve-heard-this/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [What was so interesting about the glam era was that it was about bisexuality and breaking down the boundaries between gays and straights, breaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/what-was-so-interesting-about-the-glam-era-was-that-it-was-about/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

> [My films have often looked at the whole dilemma of identity as a straitjacket for people, for societies, for cultures, for historical moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/my-films-have-often-looked-at-the-whole-dilemma-of-identity-as-a/)

[Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/)

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