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" Larry Kramer wisely realized so early on that to change the world, people have to know you. If they know you and see that we are all the same - that we all have normal hearts - that's the first step. I'm both amazed at the progress and amazed at how far we have to go. "

Ryan Murphy

Change The World

Change

Progress

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Writing

" Just because you have a baby on your hip - or one on the way or two at home - doesn't mean you can't go after your dreams. "

" The Hollywood thing is - like, it feels like the biggest thing in the world, and yet it's the smallest town. "

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World

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" People think I'm just sort of this P. T. Barnum, razzle-dazzle guy. They think I go out of my way to be outlandish and theatrical at the expense of having emotions. They don't get that there's another side to me, and I keep trying to show that other side. "

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" In television and the movie business, the people who are promoted and the people who are mentored always look like the white guys. "

Ryan Murphy

People

Business

" Here's the thing: When you tell somebody, 'I love you. I have always loved your work, and I want to show people a different side of you,' it's sort of an interesting thing that in my case, I've been very lucky, where they're like, 'OK.' "

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" I formed this thing called the Half Foundation, and what I tried to do is quantify hiring practices in Hollywood. Half the population is women, so half of the storytellers should be women. Fifty percent of all the directors in my company are women, and it will forever be that way. "

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