I don't care what color you are, what size you are, where you're from. It is disturbing that there's an idea that… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
There's always women of many different races on my shows, and there are always women who look many different ways, but there… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
You could be a woman in Alabama who's a conservative Christian, or you could be a total crunchy-granola woman in Seattle and… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
The entire world is skewed from the white male perspective. If you're a woman, they have to say it's a female-driven comedy.… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
This is going to sound crazy, but there was a period of time where on TLC they would show those surgeries -… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
These days, I feel like a chunky spy in a thinner world. Strangers tell fat jokes in front of me. Jokes not… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
A woman who doesn't want to have kids is sort of a mystery to people. That's a question they're asked the minute… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
“Being numb no longer suits me. It’s ill-fitting and I’m antsy about it. I find myself snapping back at people more. Or writing little Bailey-esque rants into my emails when someone’s upset me. I don’t want to be numb. I want to tell someone who has upset me to take their attitude and shove it right up their— Well, let’s… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
You don't necessarily have to watch something for 14 seasons. It's not necessarily the way everything's supposed to be. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
We all think we’re going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But sometimes our expectations sell us short. Sometimes the expected simply pales in comparison to the unexpected. You got to wonder why we cling to our expectations, because the expected is just what keeps us steady. Standing. Still. The expected's… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
My worst trait is that I'm an introvert. When I've led stuff, the hardest thing for me to overcome has been my natural desire… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
There are stories to be told that are still untold and characters to be portrayed that haven't been portrayed correctly. So there's work to… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I say it in the writers' room all the time: My black is not your black. What's terrifying is that, just the same way… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a television producer. Obviously, that's crazy. Because I should. That's what I do. But I don't actually see… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
My father used to say to me, 'The only limit to your success is your own imagination.' I actually believed that - like, I'm… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
What I found fascinating for me was, I've never gotten so much approval and accolades and warmth and congratulations as when I had a… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
