Actress Melissa McCarthy recently sat down for an interview with Entertainment Weekly, where she talked about sexism in Hollywood. The magazine quotes her as follows, when confronting a critic at the Toronto Film Festival:
"Are you the one who wrote I was only a good actor when I looked more attractive and that my husband should never be allowed to direct me because he allowed me to look so homely? Would you say that to any guy? When John C. Reilly—or any actor—is playing a character that is depressed and dejected, would you say, ‘Well, you look terrible!’?"
On how she parents her daughters:
"It’s an intense sickness. For someone who has two daughters, I’m wildly aware of how deep that rabbit hole goes. But I just don’t want to start listening to that stuff. I’m trying to take away the double standard of ‘You’re an unattractive bitch because your character was not skipping along in high heels.’”
Read the full interview at Entertainment Weekly.
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