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Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Rhimes
American Producer
Born: Jan 13, 1970
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The beauty of being a feminist is that you get to be whatever you want. And that's the point. Shonda Rhimes
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There is a part of me that's oblivious. People always ask me, 'What obstacles have you faced?' and I always think, 'What are you talking about?' Whether or not there were obstacles, I never saw obstacles. It's never occurred to me that I wasn't good enough for something. Shonda Rhimes
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I really do feel like the work and time we spend avoiding having difficult conversations is so much more wasteful and painful and time-consuming than actually having the difficult conversation. Shonda Rhimes
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I think I'm most proud of the fact that I have figured out how to exist as both a creative person and artist, and a businesswoman and manager. Because those two things do not go together. Shonda Rhimes
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Having a strong sense of self is fundamental to you, no matter what you're doing. I don't care if you're a stay at home mom raising kids or if you're the CEO of a corporation. It's really important for your survival. Shonda Rhimes
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My poor children have been the subject of all of my experiments. We're still doing what I call 'Amish summers' where I turn off all electronics and pack away all their computers and stuff and watch them scream for a while until they settle down into, like, an electronic-free summer. Shonda Rhimes
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What I found fascinating for me was, I've never gotten so much approval and accolades and warmth and congratulations as when I had a guy on my arm that people thought I was going to marry. It was amazing. I mean, nobody congratulated me that hard when I had my three children. Shonda Rhimes
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I do say all I've ever written about is being alone. And most people take that as, 'Oh, that's so sad.' And I always say, 'No. No, all I ever write about is being alone, and sometimes that's a beautiful, beautiful thing.' Shonda Rhimes
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Calling a show a 'guilty pleasure' is like saying 'I'm embarrassed to say I watch it but I can't stop.' That's not a compliment. Shonda Rhimes
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I don't understand why people don't understand that the world of TV should look like the world outside of TV. Shonda Rhimes
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I like working more than I like being at home. Facing that fact is incredibly difficult to handle, because what kind of person likes working more than being at home? Shonda Rhimes
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Let's be honest: I call myself a titan. I've got issues. Shonda Rhimes
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Work doesn't work without play. Shonda Rhimes
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I don't get to watch a lot of TV, mainly because I'm busy working. And I pretty much try not to watch very much television at all, even American television, until I'm done with a season, because things start to creep into my head otherwise. Shonda Rhimes
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You don't necessarily have to watch something for 14 seasons. It's not necessarily the way everything's supposed to be. Shonda Rhimes
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The idea that the more you hide something, the more it becomes something that's supposed to feel shameful is very true. Shonda Rhimes
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I spent a lot of times sitting in big rooms full of a lot of men and executives thinking, 'What would Oprah say right now?' and trying to channel that as hard as I could. And mostly that was just about having the confidence. If this woman did it, it can be done. And there's no reason for anybody to stop you. Shonda Rhimes
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We have people say, 'There's not enough women writers.' I have a writers room that is almost nothing but women over at 'Grey's Anatomy.' Shonda Rhimes
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I've always said if I'm winning at one thing, I'm failing at another. Shonda Rhimes
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The entire world is skewed from the white male perspective. If you're a woman, they have to say it's a female-driven comedy. If it's a comedy with Latinos in it, it's a Latino comedy. 'Normal' is white male, and I find that to be shocking and ridiculous. Shonda Rhimes
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The way I write my shows, every character is its own organic thing. No character has a life at all until I see it played by somebody. Shonda Rhimes
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There have to be practical steps. There's no point in holding out for a magic door because there are no magic doors. You can dream your life away or actually do what you dream of doing. That's the most valuable advice I can give. Shonda Rhimes
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Most writing staffs have this crazy high turnover, and then everyone's really miserable, and I don't understand that. I don't know why you don't grow people to then be able to take over as you. That's how I can have more shows. Shonda Rhimes
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Shondaland is my company. I run that mother. I am in charge. I am the leader. It's fantastic. It's also really hard. As it should be. Shonda Rhimes
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My favorite thing to do is rip the covers off a script when reading for writers to hire and make everybody read without names on the covers of the script. I can't tell you how many times my writers, women and men, will pick people of color and women much more often than they would with a cover on the script. Shonda Rhimes
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I work for ABC. If the thing that ABC is paying me for is storytelling - not to make sure that a costume is exactly right or all those other things - then it is up to me to find the most creative space possible so that that function of my job can happen. Shonda Rhimes
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