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Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to do it.

~Callie Khouri

Topics: Being Chick Clear Flick Great Movie Nobody Ok Praise Says Term Used Way Why

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People always ask me about 'Girls' with this kind of hesitation. What do I think of it? I love it. It's awesome. I get a lot of Where do you come down on this? I come down on the side of 'Yay, Lena Dunham. Congratulations. I'm jealous.' She's doing something so fantastic. Maybe it's not for everybody, but it certainly is for me.

~Callie Khouri

Topics: About Always Ask Awesome Certainly Come Congratulations Doing Down Everybody Fantastic Get Girl Hesitation Jealous Kind Lena Dunham Lot Love Maybe Me People She Side Something Think Where You I Think I Love

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I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.

~Callie Khouri

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I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming qualities, but like everyone, they're complex.

~Callie Khouri

Topics: About Assumptions Characters Complex Everyone Kinds Know Like Love Make Place Qualities Redeeming Start Them Think Where You I Love

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I think of feminism as more of a political ideology.

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If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.

~Callie Khouri

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For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.

~Callie Khouri

Topics: Down Feature Get Getting Independent Just Like Loses Made Me Movies Organs Part Selling Some You

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I don't think any studio - it was a long shot at the time - but I don't think any studio in a million years would make 'Thelma and Louise' right now. But there's so many other kinds of movies they won't make right now.

~Callie Khouri

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You're allowed to make things for women on television and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.'

~Callie Khouri

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When you look around right now, Nashville is kind of going through another changing of guard; you're watching the Martina McBrides and the Faith Hills and all of them that have been the big stars for the last however many years, and the next generation is coming in: Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, those girls.

~Callie Khouri

Topics: Another Around Been Big Carrie Changing Coming Faith Generation Girl Going Guard Hills However Kind Last Look Many Nashville Next Next Generation Now Right Stars Them Those Through Watching Years You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: November 27th, 1957

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