Challenges Quote by Laeta Kalogridis Download Open image “The intersection of being female and a showrunner carries difficult challenges.” — Laeta Kalogridis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Challenges Difficult Intersection
I'd say it's far more challenging to be female and be a showrunner. People are not surprised to see a black person running this… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
I always want a challenge. My whole career has been based on trying to avoid female characters that don't get to do anything. And… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
What you don't want is just to say, 'All showrunners need to be half women and half men,' because then, for men and women,… — Lauren Schmidt Hissrich Copy Share Image
It's really difficult to have a challenging male-driven show, and certain networks take off because they have their own mandate about what they want… — Scott Speedman Copy Share Image
When I go to a web video meeting and look around, at least half the show runners are women. And a lot are actors-cum-writers… — Felicia Day Copy Share Image
Female-driven shows have to be every single thing and are constantly criticized in a way that male-driven shows are not. — Abbi Jacobson Copy Share Image
I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes, and people's expectations of me as an actress. — Gwendoline Christie Copy Share Image
There really needs to be more of progressive shows and strong characters that women should aspire to be like. — Mandira Bedi Copy Share Image
There's so many gatekeepers to getting in front of showrunners or executives. If we pull those middlemen out, and we get women in rooms… — Allison Schroeder Copy Share Image
My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men. — Maggie Q Copy Share Image
When I think about the shows that we have on our air, we've been known for a long time for shows that feature strong,… — Channing Dungey Copy Share Image
There are certain expectations placed on writers if other people have put a value on their gender. I'm aware of the hundreds of tiny… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
Violence in drama is an external contextualization of internal conflicts. — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
It's always fair to criticize, to question, to engage about things like whitewashing and violence against women and choices of lack of diversity. All… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
I've taken a number of creative leaps, and some of them worked, and some of them didn't, but I don't regret any of them… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
The range of my interests in science fiction - it really does run a gamut. — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
I don't have to spend a lot of time figuring out, 'Gosh, I wonder how guys feel,' because most every piece of art I… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
Like a lot of people, I sold my first script in graduate school at UCLA, a 'Joan of Arc' for producer Joel Silver. — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
'The Handmaid's Tale' is not a book or show advocating enslaving women or creating a theocracy. It's not glorifying that. It's talking about what… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
The world that we live in isn't uniform-looking, and the future that we're headed toward isn't uniform-looking. — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
'Altered Carbon' is one of the most seminal pieces of post-cyberpunk hard science fiction out there - a dark, complex noir story that challenges… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
For years, I have been inspired by the inventive and masterful storytelling of the 'SAO' franchise. I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to work… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
It was very, very important to me to represent a broader swath of humanity that often isn't seen in futuristic sci-fi. — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job… — Taylor Hanson Copy Share Image
Our biggest challenge is to eliminate the popular perception that economists don't have anything useful to say. — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I think the next 50 years are going to present the human race with challenges that so far exceed the limitations of geopolitical boundaries… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
“Doing the work to transform your dreams into reality is like walking across the earth. It can be that hard, and it can take… — Dragos Bratasanu Copy Share Image
I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic, not realistic,… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will be a… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
It's a challenge to work a character's arc into a format in which you only have a very limited amount of time to grow… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
I personally think if something's not a challenge, there's no point doing it, because you're not gonna learn much. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
