15 Quotes by Donna Langley

Directing is a rarefied business. And you see very few women pass that Rubicon.

Hollywood is a reflection of a general climate that we live in.

As tastes shift around the globe and there are more roles for women, there are more women who can participate. Salaries will go up and be commensurate.

When I think back to my childhood, I just think of the word 'freedom.' In the summers, we spent all day on the beach.

Failure is a great learning tool.

The world of superheroes is black and white; the world of monsters is not. Sometimes you need evil to fight evil.

We live in a big world. We are citizens of the world, and we make movies for everybody around the world. I think it's very important to understand what people's life experiences, good and bad, are.

Our job is to make films that are inherently global and can really stand up to the audience litmus test of, 'Is it worth getting in my car, spending the money, and going to the theater?'

In my own experience, when we have an open directing assignment of any kind, not just the big films, I would say it is the exception, not the rule, that there is a woman in the group of directors that we are interviewing. I think that's from the pool being so small.