Mean Quote by Idris Elba

I'm not so fascinated by these ingenue roles. I tend to gravitate towards women in plays or shows or films that are more chaotic…

— Hari Nef

As an actor, it's fun to play guys who aren't just locked into a male pattern, but a lot of guys you're asked to…

— Fred Ward

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

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

Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.

— Zooey Deschanel

I think I've grown up in an era where character acting on film has become less desirable for the producers and directors and therefore…

— David Suchet

I've always tried to stray towards characters who are way more faceted than your standard leading man role, and I've been fortunate to play…

— Sam Palladio

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 don't have to sympathize or empathize with a human being in order to be able to portray them. I mean, some of the…

— Dustin Lance Black

Most of my major roles have been to play characters that the audience does not initially like or warm up to and then they…

— Robert Picardo

I love working with male actors, and I think there's a tendency to write really interesting characters that would work solely alongside men where…

— Elisabeth Moss

I have always acted in films where women have an equal, if not bigger, role than mine. Don't the kind of films you do…

— R. Madhavan