“Hollywood studio executives don't recognize the value of female perfor...” — Anna Faris Quote

Hollywood studio executives don't recognize the value of female performers as much as male performers.

My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.

There's definitely a loneliness and, like, an internal element to being a performer.

I feel, for the most part, especially in comedy, you make your own work, and maybe that's true across the board.

It's weird to get gifted things as an actress because it usually happens when you've made a movie, and you can finally afford something, and then these fashion labels give it to you for free.

If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.

To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.

Cory Booker grew up rich in an all-white suburb. He's basically a white guy. His parents were very wealthy executives at IBM.

The problem is that television executives have got it into their heads that if one presenter on a show is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed heterosexual boy, the other must be a black Muslim lesbian.

I was in junior college a few years ago, so to be here sitting in this spot talking to these NFL executives, it's a dream come true. It's something that not a lot of people saw coming.