Female character Quote by Jessica Chastain

I do see a lot of roles that are, like, the girlfriend or the love interest or the girl next door. Maybe not totally…

— Natalia Dyer

There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories…

— Hannah Murray

What I really want to do is create great roles for women. And I'm not talking Nicholas Sparks romance. I think women's roles have…

— Melissa Rosenberg

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

— Danielle Macdonald

I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women…

— Martha Plimpton

I am very interested in female characters and bringing a new perspective to mediums where not necessarily that's been valued at all.

— Noelle Stevenson

I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a…

— Lili Taylor

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

It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.

— Madchen Amick

I think I'm drawn to female characters partly because they don't have as easy or as obvious a relationship to power in society, and…

— Todd Haynes

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

I think there are great roles for women in television because there is time to allow those characters to evolve. Even if you're the…

— Linda Cardellini