“You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.”
Lillian Gish On Lionel Barrymore

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

“I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road.”
Kim Basinger

“If you have a vagina and an attitude in this town, then that's a lethal combination.”
Sharon Stone

“There's a difference between a Hollywood wife and a Hollywood woman. I don't count. I worked.”
Angie Dickinson