I'm still in shock, but I'm very excited. My manager and partner Amy called me crying. I thought somebody died.

ACTRESS SARAH SILVERMAN on receiving a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination

It's not a valid excuse to say women don't call asking to direct superhero movies. Every female director I've asked if she'd be interested in directing a big movie like that says, 'Hell, yeah.'

ACTRESS JESSICA CHASTAIN on sexism in Hollywood

This is reality for me. This is my life. A part of my life.

ACTRESS JENNIFER HUDSON, whose mother, brother and nephew were shot and killed in 2008, on gun violence