When it comes to the lack of female directors, Elisabeth Moss says the answer is simply sexism.
In an interview with Katie Couric for the new National Geographic docuseries “America Inside Out with Katie Couric,” the “Handmaid’s Tale” star discusses the challenges faced by women in Hollywood.
Asked why there are so few female directors in the industry, Moss says “there are female directors in Hollywood.” The problem, she says, is that they’re not being hired by the “people in charge.” “I don’t know why, except for it to be sexist,” says Moss. “It’s idiotic. There’s so many good choices out there.”
It’s important to have women behind the camera as directors, she says, because “there’s a sensibility that a woman brings that is just different.”
“Women know that we’re not just strong, we’re not just vulnerable, we are not just attractive or not attractive,...
In an interview with Katie Couric for the new National Geographic docuseries “America Inside Out with Katie Couric,” the “Handmaid’s Tale” star discusses the challenges faced by women in Hollywood.
Asked why there are so few female directors in the industry, Moss says “there are female directors in Hollywood.” The problem, she says, is that they’re not being hired by the “people in charge.” “I don’t know why, except for it to be sexist,” says Moss. “It’s idiotic. There’s so many good choices out there.”
It’s important to have women behind the camera as directors, she says, because “there’s a sensibility that a woman brings that is just different.”
“Women know that we’re not just strong, we’re not just vulnerable, we are not just attractive or not attractive,...
- 5/9/2018
- by Kirsten Chuba
- Variety Film + TV
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