Character Quote by Gael Garcia Bernal

My women characters should not exist only to play the 'love interest' of a male character.

— Sriram Raghavan

I'm not that bothered about the gender of a character, I'm happy to play anything. I'm much more interested in the psychology or positioning…

— Emma D'Arcy

When I work on a piece I always think if there is an abundance of male characters which one could we change to a…

— Barbara Crampton

I don't see female characters as different or inferior to male characters.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I feel like it's too easy to just say, "We'll just change the name of this male character to a female, but have her…

— Brie Larson

I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.

— Katee Sackhoff

Male playwrights, on the whole, are probably more interested in male characters. They need women characters to be the women in their lives or…

— Harriet Walter

I want to play characters that people relate to, characters that make different kinds of women in society feel represented.

— Danielle Macdonald

If you play men, in a way it's easier. You can have a voicebox, you can have false hair, mustaches, wigs, you can have…

— Janet McTeer

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

I just want to play real human beings. You know, I don't care if they're male or female.

— Natalie Dormer

So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.

— Viola Davis