Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have… — Tamsin Egerton Copy Share Image
There really needs to be more of progressive shows and strong characters that women should aspire to be like. — Mandira Bedi Copy Share Image
I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
One of my passion is acting and breaking the stereotypes at the same time by choosing strong characters of what women are… — Harnaaz Sandhu Copy Share Image
I have managed to get through that tricky turn into your 50s with two great roles. It is great to see characters… — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
The sci-fi genre just happens to have a lot of really great characters for women. — Jewel Staite 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
Let's be real: more often than not, Hollywood does not have three-dimensional characters for women to play. — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
I want to do roles that provoke us to think differently or realise ourselves in a new light. Characters of women who… — Lisa Haydon Copy Share Image
Now we really like to put people in boxes. As men, we do it because we don't understand characters that aren't ourselves… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
Good people can do terrible things, and that's what life is all about, the complexities and grey areas. And often characters aren't… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
I do see a lot of roles that are, like, the girlfriend or the love interest or the girl next door. Maybe… — Natalia Dyer Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, way too often, the goal for actresses is to get cast in roles as the wife or the mother or… — Miriam Shor Copy Share Image
I've been writing American history for a long time, and I've had a hard time finding strong, interesting female characters. There are… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Comedy in the past hasn't spoken to women because it wasn't written by women, and male writers don't make women three-dimensional characters.… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
