It's not the networks, it's the advertisers who want to appeal to the young males who go to the movies and buy all of this stuff.

They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range.

I've come to learn that there is a real difference between men and women. It's genetic.

Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama.

The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males.

But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age.

In my early days I was a contract player at Universal and I had a wonderful mentor named Monique James, who was head of talent there, and she used to drag me on sets to do parts.

I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition.

Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things?

I'm not here to put down men, God love them and I'm married to one, but I do think they are more shallow.

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

You can build a business, or you can run it, but there’s only two ways it can be run, you can run it straight, or you can run it into the ground.

I'm sure, to many people, my life is not that exciting, but to me every day is an adventure.

Taking a year off and going to school was the best thing I could have done after 'The Princess Diaries.' It taught me that I don't need Hollywood or a job to make me happy.

Sometimes photographers mistake emotion for what makes a great street photograph.

The central event of the twentieth century is the overthrow of matter. ...The powers of the mind are everywhere ascendant over the brute force of things.

A film writer is very much like a party girl. While you're good-looking and still unlined, the possibilities seem endless. But your appeal doesn't last long and you're quickly discarded.

I'm not going to become anybody I don't want to become

As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent - that it does not have to be recognized by others.

A journalist finds out things by asking questions of people who know.

Happiness was my choice, and though it is hard-won, I am the only person who can stand in the way of it.