The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.
The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.
Any first lady can do whatever they want to do. In this country, people expect them to work on whatever they want or to have a career of their own.
I'm all for having an empowered first lady who can really use that position to improve conditions, be a role model and make change.
The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.
There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
It's easier to make fun of a first lady than for a first lady to have fun. The scrutiny is ferocious.
There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
The First Lady is such a fascinating office to hold. You're not elected, but it's very much official. You can see the latitude of power of that office.
The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.