Down and Quote by Cate Blanchett

It's interesting when you get those roles, which seem like nothing on the page, and you kind of subvert them. It's hard to say…

— Cate Blanchett

I do see a lot of roles that are, like, the girlfriend or the love interest or the girl next door. Maybe not totally…

— Natalia Dyer

I think there's always a way to bring something, even if it is just the girlfriend role, as long as you're playing it with…

— Georgina Campbell

As long as you play the boyfriend role I will play the girlfriend role.

— Jerlissag

It happens a lot that women have to play the girlfriend role, which isn't as three-dimensional as the male role.

— Georgina Campbell

Every time there's a really good story, there's women in it. We may not get as many roles, but the roles we get are…

— Sigourney Weaver

There's a lot of good roles for men, always, and for very young girls. But for women, not so many.

— Emmanuelle Seigner

I don't want to play the girlfriend who's there because she's the girlfriend. And. That's. Her. Job. I want to play women and girls…

— Angourie Rice

I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or…

— Edie Falco

When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I'm more drawn to that than…

— Maika Monroe

I would always worry that I was only going to play the girl next door or the cute girlfriend. But I've been really lucky…

— Sydney Sweeney