We live in a world that tells us it’s fine to give up what we love as long as we’re mothers. And you know why we’re told that? They want us to disappear and stop competing with them.[to Anna]
To be told we are talented, isn’t that all we ever want? The truth is, history will only remember a handful of us, but at least now we’re leveling the playing field.
This is what the future holds, gentlemen. Do you want it or not?
There’s two kinds of women: those who know it’s their responsibility to lift others up, and those who hate the ones they’ll never get to be.
There’s nothing more important than female friendship.[to Anna]
There isn’t a closed door in the world that beauty can’t open.
There is nothing more tragic, pathetic, and sad than a person with no talent trying to make it in the world.
That’s called being an actress.[Anna Victoria Alcott: I feel like I’m violating myself.]
Stop being a coward. Make some noise. People will listen.[to Adam]
Start treating this like an emergency because it is. Once you’re dead, it’s too late.[to Adam]
Pride. What does that word mean in the face of so much death? Pride is a construct, something we summon to unite us when we feel tired and weak. Pride takes work, but death comes easily.
People are gonna use what they have however they see fit. It’s not our business to tell them what to do.
