Able Quote by Cobie Smulders

I want to play interesting women.

— Rachel Weisz

I want to do a little bit of everything. I want to play a good, strong female character.

— Shannon Elizabeth

I never choose scripts on the basis of whether the girl is like me. I don't want to play myself... I live with myself,…

— Neha Sharma

I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those…

— Steve Buscemi

I tend to play strong characters and people just assume that I would want to play romantic comedies, which I would love to do,…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

I get sent scripts regularly and they are badly written and insulting. The women I'm asked to play are one-dimensional.

— Amanda Redman

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

Every once in awhile I like to play dark ladies, crazy ladies, but most often I look for characters that are strong, intelligent, caring…

— Erin Gray

I've been lucky enough to play lots of real women - flawed, strong, independent women - and I love it.

— Danielle Macdonald

I read so many scripts, and it's not really exciting to just be the girlfriend.

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

I've had the fortune of playing very strong women, and I've been blessed to play characters that are capable and intelligent.

— Simone Missick

Girls in scripts are often pretty but brainless, or geeky and no one likes them, so it's great to find richer roles. Chalk and…

— Jessica Brown Findlay