Always Quote by Anna Karina

I always play what I call The Girl. The nice straight character. Sincere. Usually the victim. I'm put upon. I suffer.

— Katharine Ross

Directors approach me for doing 'strong' women characters which, as an actor, increases a sense of responsibility to give my 100 per cent and…

— Aishwarya Rajesh

I realized why directors are such horrible people - in a way - because you want things to be right, and people will just…

— George Lucas

The characters that I want to play are interesting women. I don't care if they're good women or bad women or vulnerable women or…

— Gwendoline Christie

I think all the roles I've played really center around either the great conflict or how the great conflict affects the people that I…

— Andre Braugher

I love playing roles where it's not just the good guy or the bad guy.

— Joshua Henry

But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always…

— Sophie Marceau

When it's a good director, you can feel when they trust you when they cast you.

— India Eisley

I always play girls who are quite traumatised, or a plain girl, but I'm happy with that.

— Joanne Froggatt

When I realised that what I do really well is play women who are tough and vulnerable, it was a moment of clarity. Many…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

More than anything else, I love to act and leave the rest to my director.

— Nana Patekar

The way you treat the women characters in your film, it gives away your feelings about that topic - whether you treat them frivolously…

— Kabir Khan