Celebrities Share the Advice They Wish They Knew at the Beginning of Their Careers

Over champagne and Stella Artois beer and cider, Glamour’s Cindi Leive and Girlgaze’s Amanda de Cadenet, joined by cohosts Salma Hayek, Jill Soloway, Jessica Williams, Zoey Deutch, Dee Rees, and Alfre Woodard, welcomed Hollywood luminaries and activists alike, including Shirley MacLaine, Kimberly Peirce, Marti Noxon, Michelle Morgan, Michaela Watkins, and the ever-charming Elle Fanning.

Conversation ran the gamut from female orgasms, to gender binary, to Trump, to identity politics. Still reeling from the excitement of the Women's Marches this weekend, Shirley MacLaine, dressed in head-to-toe purple and pink, demanded of her tablemates, “Where’s the rest of the pink?”

Following MacLaine's lead, Jill Soloway dived into the gender-equality question at hand: “I say if you want to equal out the balance, hire 100 percent women for the next 100 years.” Emmy-winning producer Geralyn Dreyfous added, “I would take a line from The Help, which is ‘Be kind; be special; be curious; and help each other.’ It’s all about helping each other.”