American - Writer | November 27, 1957 -
I think this happens to a lot of people, men and women, where you reach a point in your life and all of a sudden realize that things have changed. You suddenly realize that people are coming up behind you, that maybe somebody might want to replace you for less money.
Callie Khouri
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One of the magical things about Nashville is just how many incredibly talented people are here and the way they support each other.
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Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess.
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I think of feminism as more of a political ideology.
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If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.
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I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it the theme of my work? Not necessarily. I'm interested in a lot of things.
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I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't sell internationally.
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What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have that in every single thing I've ever done.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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I'm not musical myself.
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You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' It's like... I don't think you want to hear my opinion about this.
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
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