Heather Graham Speaks Out About The Reality of Hollywood's Ongoing Battle with Sexism

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Heather Graham is calling it out as she sees it – there is still sexism in Hollywood. The 53-year-old actress, who most recently appears in Apple’s Extrapolations, spoke to People in a new interview about how she hasn’t seen much change in the way women are treated since she started her career decades earlier. Keep reading to find out more… Heather says that even though many are now addressing the issues they’re facing in the industry, nothing has really changed. “No one really thought about it or commented on it [back in the 1990s].

At that point, people thought they were being really evolved and now we look back and go, ‘Whoa, that was so sexist.’ I’m glad that we are growing as a culture,” she admitted. “Some of the movies from that time period, they were so sexist.” Heather then added that since thing, there hasn’t been a huge change. “I feel like nothing has changed drastically,” she said. “More people care, but it’s not suddenly equal.

It’s still pretty sexist, to be honest.” Heather went on, “Every phase of the business, whether it’s financing, distribution, the reviewers, all those people are mostly men.

To get a female driven story that is appealing mostly to women through all these levels of male-dominated business, it’s not that easy.” “I always felt like I was a supporting character in a man’s story,” she recalled, looking back and reflecting on her own career. “I wasn’t always going, what do I want?