Best Quote by Geena Davis

It's difficult to make a movie about a complicated, non-traditional female character. We see a lot more movies with male characters who are at…

— Megan Griffiths

Oftentimes in films, the female character, if she's not the protagonist - and often, even if she is - feels like an imitation of…

— Tessa Thompson

There is no masculine psychology in my cinema. There is only the resentments and desires of women. A man should not attempt to recognize…

— Catherine Breillat

There's always male roles I want to play. I'm so annoyed when I watch movies and go, "That could have been played by a…

— Jennifer Lawrence

Despite being a woman, somehow I have always found myself idolising male characters.

— Koel Mallick

I think all of my male characters, I suppose, in all of my films, they're not necessarily the traditional version of masculinity.

— Andrew Haigh

Some actors don a woman's role briefly during the course of a film but they make it a point to appear as a man.

— Samuthirakani

Women are really complex and totally enigmatic. Humans are really complex, but in film, we've only ever seen that with men. We've seen antiheroes…

— Andrea Riseborough

We as women are always watching movies and if you want to be cool you have to identify with the man in the movie.

— Robin Weigert

I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.

— BD Wong

I relate to that idea of not necessarily seeking out 'interesting female roles,' but 'this character, this role, who happens to be a woman,…

— Phillipa Soo

For the most part, I was surprised by the representation of female characters onscreen. I do hope that when we include more female storytellers,…

— Jessica Chastain