Graham blasts Hollywood sexism

Heather Graham has slammed "sexist" Hollywood.

Graham blasts Hollywood sexism

Heather Graham has slammed "sexist" Hollywood.

The 'Californication' actress feels "lucky" to have worked as much as she has in her career because most movies are about and targeted towards men.

She said: "I'm not saying the movie business isn't sexist. It's totally sexist. If you look at all the movies being made these days, eighty percent of them are about men.

"There's not much I can do about it. It's a sexist world and a sexist industry. But I've been very lucky as an actress, to work as much as I have and as consistently as I have."

The 44-year-old beauty is now planning to direct a movie herself, which will be about women and their sexual desires.

Speaking to Esquire magazine, she said: "When you don't see the kind of stories out there that represent you, you have to make them yourself. I actually just wrote a script that I want to direct.

"[It's about] sex from a female point of view. But specifically women who like having sex. I don't see anything in film about women who want to have sex. I don't see myself and my friends represented.

“When do you ever get to see a movie from the point of view of a woman who's more interested in having really great orgasms than finding a husband? I would say almost never.

"I'd like to direct it and star in it."

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