“Find other women to make movies with that have a shared bottom line. I did that with my first film and found an incredible partner in the inimitable writer/producer Laura Goode. I did it this time around by pairing with the forces of nature that are Amy Fox, Alysia Reiner and Sarah Megan Thomas. All of these women share an activist's desire to be the change they want to see - and with that passion comes great purpose and great possibility.”
![“You can point to a lot of women showrunners that have had long and successful careers. In terms of the kinds of movies that women can get made, as long as the business operates under this model of the first-weekend [box office] focus, with huge movies aimed at super-young audiences, it will be…” quote by Callie Khouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a4c/callie-khouri-11633_audience_you-can-point-to-a-lot-of-women-showrunn_1314548.jpg)
![“I think it was the same thing that really makes the premise of this film [Women of Wall Street] compelling: the idea of a woman negotiating issues around power and money, which are two things that have historically been denied to women. To see a woman operate successfully, but still find those…” quote by Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf7/meera-menon-33826_barriers_i-think-it-was-the-same-thing-that-reall_1238500.jpg)
![“I'd like them [people] to leave thinking about the challenges women face in the workforce, but more importantly to really feel the emotional highs and lows of those challenges - to have really experienced that unsettling place where ambition crosses over into something else entirely.” quote by Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/582/meera-menon-33826_ambition_i-d-like-them-people-to-leave-thinking-a_1371100.jpg)
![“I applied [to film school] figuring, "I need to find some structure for myself. I need to find a way to figure out what kind of filmmaker I want to be." And that is what film school provides you with. It'll teach you the basics of how a production works and the technical side of how to put…” quote by Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/398/meera-menon-33826_basics_i-applied-to-film-school-figuring-i-need_2065204.jpg)
![“Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of the people who are working on [change] find that very difficult: They've been schooled into thinking you have to come up with the perfect plan in advance. It has become a bit technocratic.” quote by Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d17/duncan-green-20105_activist_some-kinds-of-activists-are-more-willing_57391.jpg)
