Books Quote by Jodie Whittaker

I also really pay attention to whether the script embodies a full female character or if they're just wanting a two-dimensional objectified woman. So…

— Karla Souza

I'm so bored of reading scripts with these wonderfully complex male roles, yet the woman character just sits on the bed waiting for him…

— Lara Pulver

So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.

— Donna Leon

Characterisation is more important to me than the script. A decent story and extraordinary characters can do wonders for a film, but you cannot…

— Arbaaz Khan

Well, first of all, you read the script a million times. Because what the script gives you are given circumstances. Given circumstances are all…

— Viola Davis

I really get fired up with female protagonists. I can really feel the difference in myself when I am writing a script that has…

— Linda Woolverton

What I look for in a script is the plot point and whether they're strong, obviously, or not, whether the characters are rich or…

— Larenz Tate

There are definitely scripts I start reading, where it doesn't interest me. Maybe it'll be a good movie, but the character doesn't intrigue me.

— Maika Monroe

These kinds of scripts telling the stories of women are very rare.

— Shin Min-a

A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonist's taste in music, or we're told…

— Peter Temple

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.

— William Gibson

Really complicated, interesting women at the centre of very, very well written dramas - and that's what floats my boat.

— Lesley Sharp