Cinema Quote by Deborah Kampmeier

A woman director is not obliged to make a feminist film. She can make what she wants, a thriller, an action film, a comedy,…

— Shabana Azmi

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

In our society, as women filmmakers, we are expected to make films that empower women and that raise awareness about women's issues. That is…

— Esra Saydam

When I make a film about a woman, it is possible that my feminist politics surfaces somewhere but it is not with the intention…

— Aparna Sen

I do not consider myself a feminist. I do not believe that by doing female-oriented films that depict a woman fighting the system, we…

— Anushka Sharma

There are more films which are being written around women.

— Athiya Shetty

I try not to think of myself as a woman filmmaker. I don't look for women influences. I have noticed in the past few…

— Signe Baumane

I looked at [Geena Davis] research and see things like 21 percent of filmmakers are women, only 31 percent of speaking roles in popular…

— Emma Watson

I don't believe in women-centric films, but I certainly believe that we should create films that have more challenging roles for women and I…

— Kiran Rao

It is tough to be a woman. Also as an actor, but more so as a director. And even more today, when distributors and…

— Liv Ullmann

To make a good film is an art. Gender is irrelevant when it comes to craft of filmmaking.

— Zoya Akhtar

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