Action Quote by Alan Cumming

I think, almost, the film industry thinks that by making gay characters super masculine, it's an attempt at saying being gay is OK if…

— Josie Totah

The playing ground is so uneven, and there have been so many straight characters for such a long time, and so many gay actors…

— Stephanie Beatriz

I think all of my male characters, I suppose, in all of my films, they're not necessarily the traditional version of masculinity.

— Andrew Haigh

When guys see a movie starring women, they go, "That must be filled with these characters I see in these movies who are such…

— Paul Feig

I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find Hollywood, in…

— Jane Lynch

Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so…

— Monica Bellucci

There's an idea that action movies are more attractive to one gender than the other or different kinds of people or whatever. The truth…

— Patty Jenkins

The thing that I've run up against is that it's always been an either-or proposition, especially in Hollywood. You're either young and glamorous and…

— Kathy Bates

Hollywood is lacking realness in their female characters. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks that and wants to change it.

— Nicole Holofcener

Hollywood needs to make a better job of making sure we explore the other side the spectrum. If you have a very macho guy,…

— Cristela Alonzo

Hollywood always chooses young and beautiful men and throws them into enormous, highly expensive toy-like movies, and I think sometimes it's hard for the…

— Neil Jordan

A lot of straight actors are actively searching for gay roles because it is something different to do.

— Rupert Everett