Actresses Quote by Ellen Page

I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men.

— Ellen Page

I think a lot of the time in films, men get roles where they create their own destiny and women are just tools, supporters…

— Ellen Page

I try not to blame the public, because the public - men, especially - have seen not great portrayals of women in supporting roles,…

— Paul Feig

The movie industry is failing women. And until the industry starts making serious changes, nothing is going to change.

— Manohla Dargis

American commercial cinema has long been dominated by men, but I don’t think there has ever been another time when women have been as…

— Manohla Dargis

Women have initiated the change all by themselves. The credit goes to them. Men have had no role to play in the rise in…

— Shoojit Sircar

Roles written for women are so much more complex on television. The film world is becoming quite flimsy for women.

— Julianna Margulies

There's no doubt that the patriarchy that we live in also controls the movie industry. The heads of the studios are men, and it's…

— Ellen Burstyn

People are saying we need more females in our industry and we need more female-driven stories, but that takes the men of bankable star…

— Rosamund Pike

It's tougher for women than men in Hollywood, period, if you ask me. As with most professions, women have generally not found equality with…

— Nazanin Boniadi

There's more empathetic representations than we're used to seeing. I honestly feel like in the early days of Hollywood, women did have those. Women…

— Elizabeth Banks

There are obviously issues in our industry. That starts at the top with studio execs who - not just men - don't believe a…

— Reed Morano