I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade and wanted to become writers and comedians.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
I think that we're in a really amazing time, where there are really a lot of really fantastic female actresses and comedians. I imagine there's just a lot of opportunity for women to have powerful roles. Or it's just that there's more women writing TV. Women tend to maybe write strong women.
Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.
I've been trying to find women writers for my staff for a while now and I have three women on my staff and three guys so it's pretty equal. I don't know why that is. It's been the same thing for a while. It's hard for female comedians to stand out. That's weird. That's a shame.
The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.
There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see.
What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that.
There seem to be more women producers than men.
I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers.
There are a lot of women screenwriters, but they are obviously outnumbered by men. And it still is a very much male-dominated industry.