Alex Cohen recently sat down with writer and director Catherine Hardwicke to talk about promoting gender equality in Hollywood.

The Twilight director gave some insight into the difficulties she has faced as a female director and how she continues to fight to change gender bias in the filmmaking industry.

“When I did a pilot recently, I saw that they were lining up, pretty much, an all-male crew,” Hardwicke said. “So, I had to push back and even though I had 50 other things to do, I still had to take the time out to say ‘No, I want a woman as my [Assistant Director], I want a woman as a stunt coordinator.”