This chart reveals that the overwhelming majority of acting gigs (67%) are meant for White people:
This one shows how the overwhelming majority of lead roles (81.9%) are played by White actors:
And this one shows that most lead roles (73%) are filled by male actors:
(Source: thesocietypages.org)
![“There used to be a hardware store right on Beverly Hills Drive where you could buy mundane things like nails and string, but where you could see the most extraordinary people buying them. I once saw Fred Astaire buying sandpaper and Danny Kaye buying one light bulb. The most frightening sight I ever saw during my whole stay in America was in that hardware store. I hid behind a shelf of tools and watched Klaus Kinski buying an axe. It cleared the store.” —Michael Caine, What’s It All About? [via]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln4wb9cUxp1qbhnrvo1_500.jpg)
“There used to be a hardware store right on Beverly Hills Drive where you could buy mundane things like nails and string, but where you could see the most extraordinary people buying them. I once saw Fred Astaire buying sandpaper and Danny Kaye buying one light bulb. The most frightening sight I ever saw during my whole stay in America was in that hardware store. I hid behind a shelf of tools and watched Klaus Kinski buying an axe. It cleared the store.”
—Michael Caine, What’s It All About? [via]
(Source: salesonfilm, via skibinskipedia)
So, why do you write these strong women characters?
Because equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and women who’s confronted with it. We need equality, kinda now.
So, why do you write these strong female characters?
Because you’re still asking me that question.
"— Joss Whedon, Equality Now (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
(Source: naufragous, via 14kgoldnyc)
The 77-year-old icon sniffs: “Jennifer Aniston is cute, but I wouldn’t call her beautiful. She’s no Ava [Gardner] or Lana [Turner].”
I agree with Joan. There are a lot of attractive, but rather ordinary-looking people in movies these days who are only considered beautiful because they’re thin, well-groomed and wear designer clothing. There are very few truly stunning movie stars these days. But I think today’s somewhat plainer stars has more to do with the fact that studios aren’t hiring people mostly for their looks anymore (via).
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