Increase opportunities for women in Hollywood: Your Say

Celebrities are calling out inequality in pay and creative opportunities for women in Hollywood, according to a Paste BN article (“Stars speak out about sexism in Hollywood but nothing seems to change”). Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

We vote with our dollars. Hollywood, which always has some sort of agenda to push, is still a business. If women and minorities (and everyone else) don’t purchase movie tickets, the situation will change!

And women and minority actors could go on strike, but because of the big money involved, they won’t.

— Wm Craft

Men will always benefit as long as the studios are owned by them; ladies, buy up the damned studios!

— Stephanie Dickens

I’m all for equal pay and opportunities for everyone, but it’s hard to listen to someone who just made millions of dollars for a few months of work whining.

I care about the women who are battling it out in the real dog-eat-dog world trying to pay the rent, put food on the table and keep the heat on.

— Paul Jarosz

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I’d like to see a study showing which gender spends the most money to watch movies, including DVD purchases. Then we can ask which producer or director — male or female — can give what that viewer wants.

It’s all about selling tickets and making money.

— Bob Rejefski Sr.

The war on rich white males is a long and tired act. If you want equality, go and earn it. If the movies are that good, people will go and see them.

— Michael Bassett