I remember when 'A League of Their Own' was coming out in '92, when I was doing interviews, it seemed like every interviewer at some point would say, 'So... would you consider this a feminist movie?' People are worried that it's a taboo thing, so I took great relish in saying, 'Yes, I would. Write that, yes.'

Having been in some roles that really resonated with women, I became hyper-aware of how women are represented in Hollywood.

We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up half the planet, which we do.

I get the feeling that characters are written female when they have to be, and all the other characters are male, and it doesn't occur to somebody that the lawyer, the best friend, the landlord, whoever, can be female.

I am not comfortable discussing politics publicly; I am very comfortable talking about my friendships with people who happen to be in politics.

Our democracy relies on participation, and we've never done better by excluding folks.

The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful.

We have two programs dealing with bulletproof vests, two different systems of actually distributing bulletproof vests from the federal government. Two sets of applications, two different sets of personnel to approve those applications.