I started watching 'Daria' when I was in college because I didn't have cable growing up. It's such a smart show with… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female characters aren't. It's not that they're badly written, they're… — Ophelia Lovibond Copy Share Image
Sometimes female characters start out as the wife or girlfriend, but then I realize, 'No, she's the book,' and she becomes a… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
It seems like it has kind of taken off where people are saying 'oh it's a female character' and it just kind… — Eiji Aonuma Copy Share Image
Take 'Ex Machina.' Everyone said it was one of the great feminist works of science fiction. But what I found disappointing is… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
While my work is usually about the Igbo woman experience, there are many aspects of my female characters that women everywhere can… — Chika Anadu Copy Share Image
It was a great joy for me to develop a strong female character in the spirit of an Icelandic woman. Icelandic women… — Anita Briem Copy Share Image
There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters… — Ellen Pompeo Copy Share Image
I firmly believe in and support everyone's right to freedom of artistic expression. STEEL MAGNOLIAS is my artistic expression, and it is… — Robert Harling Copy Share Image
What it feels like is that we want women to conform to a certain image. Which is interesting, insofar as acting is… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
It's a fact, the majority of films in Hollywood are from the male perspective. And the female characters, very rarely do they… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
Psychologically it gets challenging at times to switch into a female character. But the moment I get into the look of Palak,… — Kiku Sharda Copy Share Image
The love and support from the Witches of East End fans continues to blow us away and renews our faith that storytelling… — Rachel Boston Copy Share Image
Just look at the history of cinema. The most reproduced male character is probably the hero and the most reproduced female character… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
I don't think I want to play title roles. I don't want to be the face on the poster. I don't want… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
I never really knew that I would be a lifer of strong female characters, but that seems to be the drops I'm… — Evan Daugherty Copy Share Image
As black women, we're miles behind our white counterparts in being offered the space to create and craft female characters in major… — Teyonah Parris Copy Share Image
We just don't subscribe to the conventional wisdom that you can't have an action series led by a female character. It's kinda… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm just hoping that as I get older, and as more and more movies get made by female directors, what we start… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
I think you leave your imprint on every screenplay. I like to bring my experience as a woman to all my female… — Allison Schroeder Copy Share Image
I'm intrigued more and more by complex female characters because I'm more in touch with myself. I realize how screwed up or… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
I don't fully understand my wife's emotions - and I'm supposed to write an excellent female character and unravel the secret of… — Evan Goldberg Copy Share Image
When men write women, they tend to write women the way they want women to be, or the way they resent women… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
I immediately noticed there were far more male characters than female characters in the programs, even now, in the 21st century. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I always say, if a guy writes the same lead female character type over and over, we are not seeing their writing… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Most of the female characters I admire come from science fiction and fantasy, maybe because there's more permission to shake up gender… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I've worked with Lars von Trier on many films, and there's always a female character that's like an open wound - everything… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the… — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
I am not one to go for traditional female roles, because I don't think traditionally female characters are very interesting, and I… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
I've certainly seen stats that if you have a woman director or a woman screenwriter, the number of female characters goes way… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Whether consciously or unconsciously, I felt myself drawn to writing a female character who was pretty flawed and not very virtuous or… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
I think 'Sightseers' was a bit of an epiphany, a massive learning curve, and it gave me loads of confidence to go… — Alice Lowe Copy Share Image
I want to try different genres. I think I'll still be looking at a strong female character in the center, and identity… — Celine Sciamma Copy Share Image
I always want a challenge. My whole career has been based on trying to avoid female characters that don't get to do… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I think that there are a lot of male writers and directors in Hollywood, and a lot of the female characters you… — Emily Ratajkowski Copy Share Image
I prefer to avoid the phrase 'strong women' when talking about female characters and the lack thereof or the need therefore, because… — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
