Female Quote by Anna Biller

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun,…

— Brian De Palma

Moviemaking is so male-dominated now that they think they’re being pro-feminine when they have women punching each other out.

— Pauline Kael

You can have a lot of destruction, but in a realistic female movie, the women are going to be aware of that destruction and…

— Susanna Fogel

Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary cliche. But the femme fatale expresses woman's ancient and eternal…

— Camille Paglia

“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a…

— Ryan Gosling

I think that female roles, they can be victims, they can be sympathetic, they can be in pain, they can be in suffering -…

— Rebecca Hall

It's always a shock to the people who run studios when a movie that is for women is a hit. They have an infinite…

— Nora Ephron

I think it's very repressive for a woman to be constantly told that she has to make films about women to better represent women,…

— Romola Garai

The stories are being written by men, and it's men who are directing it. As long as that continues, you won't be seeing much…

— Suhasini Maniratnam

I’ve never considered myself a femme fatale as I’ve never seduced anyone and ruined their lives. At least as far as I know.

— Scarlett Johansson

Hollywood usually doesn't have strong woman in films like that, and it's stupid, so for the most part they're usually being directed and written…

— Ryan Gosling

I think women are sick and tired of being portrayed as victims, a lot of the time anyway, the bulk of their time on…

— Troy Duffy